Cabinet officers

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (second from left) visits with General Frank H. Partridge, as well as three other unidentified United States Army soldiers at Camp Roberts, California.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (second from left) discusses recent weapons demonstrations with General Frank H. Partridge (second from right), Brigadier General William Sexton (right), and Colonel Weston L. Blanchard (left) in Camp Roberts, California. Others in the background are unidentified.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (standing, right), General Frank H. Partridge (standing, left), and Captain Chester T. Jackson (standing, center) look on as soldiers train with the 75-mm recoilless rifle. Captain Jackson is the unit commander in Camp Roberts, California. Major General Partridge is the Commanding General at Camp Roberts. Other soldiers are unidentified.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace visits with the Italian Minister of Defense, Randolfo Pacciardi, on the island of Ischia, off the coast of Naples, Italy. From left to right, Lieutenant General Maxwell D. Taylor; General Efisio Marras, Chiefs of the Italian General Staff; Secretary Pace; Randolfo Pacciardi; and Major General James M. Gavin.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (foreground, left) shakes hands with Italian Minister of Defense Randolfo Pacciardi (foreground, right). Others in the background are unidentified.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (center foreground) exits an airplane and walks toward an officer to shake his hand at the Riverbank Ordnance Plant in California. All others in photo are unidentified.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (second row, third from the left), along with a class of soldier trainees, view a demonstration of weapons and supporting operations at the Attack Course at Camp Roberts, California. The trainees are part of an integrated unit, as there are African American soldiers among the trainees. All others are unidentified.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace and other members of the United States delegation meet with Italian Minister of Defense Randolfo Pacciardi. From left to right: Lieutenant General Maxwell D. Taylor; Major General James M. Gavin; Randolfo Pacciardi; Secretary Pace; and General Efisio Marras, Chief of the Italian General Staff. Man in the background is unidentified.

Secretary of Army, Frank Pace (right) is accepting a certificate representing the $225,000 saved by the Cost-Consciousness Program at Camp Roberts, California. Lieutenant General Joseph M. Swing (center) stands by as Major General Partridge (left) makes the presentation to Pace.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (standing, right) inspects new jet-powered Helicopter XH-26. Test pilot Lou Hartwig prepares to demonstrate the new helicopter while Congressman Cecil R. King (standing, left) looks on.