Dinners and dining

From left to right: Madame Chieu; Madame Vu Van Thai; Mrs. Elbridge Durbrow; Mrs. Smuckler; and Emily F. (Mrs. Arthur) Gardiner. They are attending a dinner party at the Presidential Palace in Vietnam in honor of Leland Barrows, the departing Director of the United States Operations Mission.

From left to right, Arthur Z. Gardiner; Secretary of State for the Presidency Nguyen Dinh Thuan; Finance Minister Ha Van Vuong; unidentified man (mostly obscured); and Ngo Dinh Nhu smoking at a dinner party in the Presidential Palace in Vietnam. The dinner was held in honor of Leland Barrows, the departing Director of the United States Operations Mission.

Guests seated at the table for a dinner party at the Presidential Palace in Saigon, Vietnam, in honor of the departing United States Operations Mission Director Leland Barrows. Clockwise, starting at the foot of the table in the lower left corner: Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu; Leland Barrows; Emily F. (Mrs. Arthur) Gardiner; Mr. Chieu; Madame Vu Van Thai; Arthur Z. Gardiner, Mrs. Chieu; Ngo Dinh Nhu; Mrs. Elbridge Durbrow; and President Ngo Dinh Diem at the head of the table.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace attends a dinner for the American Ordnance Association. Left to right: Colonel Walsh, Mr. Harvey Knowles, Secretary Pace, and Louis Polk.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, Jr. (seated, left) spent Thanksgiving Day in Leghorn, Italy at the Headquarters of the 7656 Logistical Command, the main supply base of the United States forces in Austria. Here Secretary Pace autographs a menu for Sergeant First Class Francis Price (standing) from Mt. Pleasantville, New Jersey. To Secretary Pace's right is Corporal Cy J. Zenisek of Cleveland, Ohio.

A small informal photograph of General Ralph E. Truman in the center (seated) flanked by Mrs. Olive Truman (his wife) to the left of Ralph, and Mrs. Corbie Truman, his daughter in law, to his right. The family appears to be at a dinner.

Women's Army Corps (WAC) Colonel Westray Battle Boyce (center) dines with two unidentified WACs.

Colonel Westray Battle Boyce (second from left) poses for a photograph with a group of unidentified men. The photograph is in a folder printed with the following: "A Night Club in the Air. World Famous, Kitty Davis Airliner. Miami Beach, Florida."

Colonel Westray Battle Boyce (second from left at head table) dines with other WAC officers and Mrs. Genevieve Forbes Herrick (sixth from right on near side of nearest table), a member of the National Civilian Advisory Committee who traveled with Colonel Boyce on her tour of the European Theatre. This photo was possibly taken while Colonel Boyce was in France. All others are unidentified.

Colonel Westray Battle Boyce (left) attends a dinner. All others are unidentified. The photograph is in a folder with the following printed on the front: "A Night Club in the Air. World Famous, Kitty Davis Airliner. Miami Beach, Florida."