Cake

Captain Lewis Parks (left) and Captain Charles Warren Wilkins (second from left) pose with two unidentified members of the USS Manchester crew. They are standing behind a table with a cake on it. The occasion was a celebration of Captain Parks' assuming command of the Manchester.

The night before the raid on Makin Island, the submarine chefs wished the Marine Raiders "good luck" with a decorated cake. Lieutenant Colonel Evans F. Carlson, Raider chief, cuts the first piece as Lieutenant Commander C. L. Hogan (right) and Lieutenant Commander William Brockman (left) look on while unidentified others stand watching. The photograph is included in Lewis Parks's photo album entitled "Submarine Pictures W. War II."

Former President Harry S. Truman (center) cutting a cake that reads, "Welcome Grand Pop," with Matt McCloskey (right) and Mr. Teefey (right) at the Beloue-Stratford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The back of the photo is inscribed by former President Truman: "Presentation at luncheon given by Matt McClusky [sic] at the Bel[illegible]-Stratford, Philadelphia, June 20, 1957. Mr. Teefey on the other side." Donor: Guy Pugliese, Chief of the Photo Section, Pennsylvania Department of Highways, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (center) holds a cake while visiting with two unidentified people at the American Federation of Labor Industries show in Chicago, Illinois. The man and woman are unidentified.

Madame Nhu, First Lady of Vietnam (middle left) and a lady believed to be Daw Khin Kyi of Burma, (center) admiring the best cakes from the cake-making contest held in celebration of Vietnam Women's Day. Daw Khin Kyi was Burmese Ambassador to India. All others are unidentified.

Women sampling the entries in a cake-making contest during the celebration of Vietnam Women's Day in Saigon, Vietnam. All are unidentified.

Young women participating in a cake-making contest during the celebration of Vietnam Women's Day in Saigon, Vietnam. All are unidentified.

Unidentified male and female soldiers, sailors, and military officers stand in line for cake at a party. Exact location is unknown.

WAC Director Colonel Mary Louise Milligan Rasmuson (center) cuts an anniversary cake with the assistance of Secretary of the Army Elvis J. Stahr, Jr. (left) and General Barksdale Hamlett (right), Vice Chief of Staff, United States Army. The cake was served at a reception honoring the twentieth anniversary of the Women's Army Corps, held at Patton Hall, Fort Myer, Virginia.

A cake cutting celebration takes place at Fort Jay, New York for the sixteenth anniversary of the founding of the Women's Army Corps (WAC). From left to right: Major H. B. Meisner, First Army Comptroller Section; Lieutenant Colonel Norma M. Flachsland, First Army WAC Staff Advisor; Lieutenant General B. M. Bryan, Commanding General of the First Army; Mrs. Betty Talbot Blackwell, editor of "Mademoiselle" magazine and member of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services; Colonel Westray Battle Boyce Leslie (Ret), second director of the WAC; and Captain Moorsman from Fort Slocum.