Generals

Donald R. Heath, left, John F. Melby and General Graves B. Erskine meet as the Melby Erskine Mission visit Haiphong, Vietnam. The man on the right is unidentified. Reportage No. T-579, Photo No. 12.

General Graves B. Erskine, center, is leaving Base Navale Haiphong Bureaux during the Melby Erskine Mission visit to Haiphong, Vietnam. Others are unidentified. Reportage No. T-579, Photo No. 22.

General Graves B. Erskine, front, during the Melby Erskine Mission visit to Haiphong, Vietnam. Others are unidentified. Reportage No. T-579, Photo No. 3.

General Graves B. Erskine is shaking hands with a policeman during the Melby Erskine Mission visit to Haiphong, Vietnam. Others are unidentified. Reportage No. T-579, Photo No. 27

The Melby Erskine Mission arriving in Hanoi, Vietnam. General Graves B. Erskine, on right, is being greeted by an unidentified man upon arrival. Reportage No. T-578, Photo No. 20.

The Melby Erskine Mission is greeted upon arrival in Hanoi, Vietnam. Ambassador Donald R. Heath (center), General Graves B. Erskine, and John F. Melby. The man on the right is believed to be the Governor of North Vietnam. Others are unidentified. Reportage No. T-578, Photo No. 11.

The Melby Erskine Mission is greeted upon arriving in Hanoi, Vietnam. The man on the left is believed to be the Governor of North Vietnam. General Graves B. Erskine is standing third from left. Donald R. Heath is on the right facing left. John F. Melby is partially visible behind Mr. Heath. Others are unidentified. Reportage No. T-578, Photo No. 14

General Graves B. Erskine, on left, a man believed to be the mayor of Hanoi, Vietnam and Ambassador Donald R. Heath, on right, at the Tea Party given by the Mayor of Hanoi for the delegation of the Melby Erskine Mission to Southeast Asia.

The Melby Erskine Mission is greeted upon arrival in Hanoi, Vietnam. John F. Melby is in the center and General Graves B. Erskine to his right. Others are unidentified. Reportage No. T-578, Photo No. 12.

Ambassador and Mrs. Edwin F. Stanton held a cocktail reception at the United States Embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam, honoring the Melby Erkine Mission delegation. General Graves B. Erskine is standing second from right. Others are unidentified.