Yes it was. We need to bring it back. This "Department of Defense" crap just ain't cutting it!
The War Department never lost a war. The Department of Defense never won a war.
And that would make a good sound bite for a campaign ad.
"In 1947 the Democrats abolished the Department of War and the Department of the Navy and set up the so-called Department of Defense. The War Department never lost a war. The Department of Defense never won a war."