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An aerial view of The Presidio of San Francisco, California, with Angel Island (upper left), Alcatraz Island (upper center), and the marina and Fort Mason (upper right).

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (second from left) talks to Sergeant Floyd Burcafield (second from right) of Bessemer, Alabama, while the soldiers are being processed for overseas shipment during Secretary Pace's visit to Camp Stoneman, California. All others are unidentified.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace inspects a group of Women's Army Corps (WAC) troops on parade during his visit to Fort McPherson, Georgia. From left to right: Captain Frank D. Proctor, Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, and Lieutenant General A. R. Bolling. All others are unidentified.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (foreground, right) talks with Private First Class Melvin Wass of Mariposa, California (foreground, left) during a physical examination, at Camp Stoneman, California. All others are unidentified.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (left) visits with Corporal Jack W. Mitchell (right) at Letterman Army Hospital at Fort Mason, California.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace greets guests in a receiving line during his visit to the Presidio Officer's Mess. From left to right: unidentified man and woman, Lieutenant General Joseph M. Swing, Secretary Pace, and Margaret (Mrs. Frank) Pace.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (left) greets Sergeant First Class John Turk (right) and family, of Joliet, Illinois, as they debarked from a transport at Fort Mason, California. Others in the background are unidentified.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (second from left) inspects honor guard platoon troops during his visit to Fort McPherson, Georgia. Also present is Captain Frank Proctor (left), serving as Commander of the troops for this occasion. All others are unidentified.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (right) shakes hands with an unidentified Atlanta, Georgia police officer who escorted the Secretary's motorcade from the Atlanta airport to Fort McPherson.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace is attending a lunch at the Presidio of San Francisco Officer's Mess with three others. From left to right: General Joseph Swing, Commanding General of the 6th Army; Allard A. Calkins, Chairman of the San Francisco Army Advisory Committee; Secretary Pace; and Frederick M. Fisk, Deputy Chairman, San Francisco Army Advisory Committee