U.S. Army

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (in civilian clothes, left) and United States Army Chief of Staff General J. Lawton Collins (front row, right) are standing on an airstrip in a salute formation with other unidentified military officers. The Secretary and the General conducted an inspection trip of United States defenses in Alaska.

United States Army Chief of Staff General J. Lawton Collins (left) is shaking hands with an unidentified Army officer upon his arrival at Fort Richardson, Alaska for an inspection trip. Also present is Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (foreground, left, back to camera) and Lieutenant General William Kepner (far left). All other soldiers are unidentified.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (center, in civilian clothes) is preparing to walk inside the Arctic Test Branch Library at the United States Army Arctic Training Center during his inspection trip to Alaska. Also present is Colonel James R. Hamilton, Commanding Officer of the Army Arctic Training Center (left), and United States Army Chief of Staff General J. Lawton Collins (right).

United States Army Chief of Staff General J. Lawton Collins (standing inside tank) are inspecting a small tank during military exercises taking place at Fort Richardson, Alaska during his inspection trip to the area. Secretary of the Army Frank Pace is also seated inside the tank (left). All others soldiers and officers in the photo are unidentified.

A small tank is moving across a marshy area (or muskeg) near Fort Richardson, Alaska during a training exercise. This exercise took place during the inspection visit of the Secretary of the Army Frank Pace and the United States Army Chief of Staff General J. Lawton Collins.

United States Army General J. Lawton Collins (in front of group on left) reviews soldiers upon his arrival at Fort Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. General Collins visited Fort Churchill with Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (group on left, third from left). All other soldiers and armed forces officers are unidentified.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (left) shakes hands with an unidentified soldier on his visit to Fort Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. An airplane can be seen in the background. All others are unidentified.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace and General J. Lawton Collins standing in front of an airplane upon their arrival at Pope Air Force Base and Fort Bragg, North Carolina for a joint Army-Air Force training exercise. From left to right: Secretary Pace, Lieutenant General John R. Hodge, and General Collins. Other soldiers and officers in the background are unidentified.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace sits in the passenger seat of an Army jeep while observing the joint Army-Air Force training exercise, SOUTHERN PINE near Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Also present is Major General Kenneth F. Cramer (back seat). Other soldier is unidentified.

Brigadier General F. C. McConnell, Chief Umpire in the joint Army-Air Force exercise Southern Pine (right), shows Army Chief of Staff General J. Lawton Collins (left) the communications installation near Fort Bragg, North Carolina. All other soldiers in the background are unidentified.