Automobiles

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (right) and his wife, Margaret Pace, exiting their car upon arriving at the Officer's Club at Fort McNair for the retirement dinner and reception in honor of General Wade H. Haislip.

Unidentified guests exiting their car upon arriving at the Officers Club at Fort McNair for the retirement dinner and reception in honor of General Wade H. Haislip.

Unidentified guests exiting their car upon arriving at the Officers Club at Fort McNair for the retirement dinner and reception in honor of General Wade H. Haislip.

Debris from the bombed out WACs barracks blocks the road, with several cars and unidentified people in the street. Note on photograph envelope reads: "WAC barracks in Italy - 3 minutes after evacuation by WACs to air raid shelter it was struck by bombs."

Photograph of a military vehicle parked alongside a road at an unknown location while two of the passengers stand outside the car to the right.

A photograph of a United States Army car stopped on a dirt road. A figure can be seen standing outside the car. The location is unknown.

Soldiers in the Women's Army Corps (WACs) march in formation and an undisclosed location, probably somewhere in North Africa. All are unidentified.

Photograph of a tree-lined road, with buildings in the background, somewhere in North Africa, possibly Oran, Algeria.

A photograph of a North African city, possibly Oran, Algeria, with the sea in the background. A tree-lined road with cars can be seen in the foreground.

Image not easily identified. May have been taken from either the inside of an automobile or a boat while traveling on the Nile River. Photograph taken as part of a trip author and diplomat Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to Egypt and other countries in northern Africa in 1961. Trip journey and photos intended for possible magazine articles. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.