Naval officers

This color photo shows where former President Harry S. Truman stayed while on vacation in Key West, Florida. The photo is signed by F.J. Bush, Rear Admiral of the U.S. Navy. It says: "Mr. President, we were highly honored to have you with us. We hope you will come back soon."

Admiral Chester W. Nimitz (seated) is signing the Allied Surrender Terms agreement which finalized the unconditional surrender of the Japanese and the end of the war with Japan. Behind Admiral Nimitz are (left to right) General Douglas MacArthur, Admiral William F. Halsey and Rear Admiral Forrest Sherman. Other soldiers and sailors in the background are unidentified. The ceremony took place aboard the USS Missouri. The photograph was given to Colonel Westray B. Boyce during her tour of the Pacific Theatre in the Fall of 1945.

Lieutenant Colonel Westray Battle Boyce (fifth from left, in back corner) joins other civilians and military personnel at a dinner. Location unknown.

Photograph of the visit of Secretary of the Army Frank Pace to Heidelberg, Germany, and the Joint Army, Navy and Air Force Review. Front row of the reviewing stand, from left to right: Secretary Pace; General Thomas Handy; Mr. Francis Shackelford, Assistant to the Secretary of the Army; Lieutenant General Manton Eddy; Lieutenant General Anthony McAuliffe; Rear Admiral Carl F. Holden, Commander, United States Naval Forces in Germany; Major General Floyd Parks; Major General Dean C. Strother, Commanding General, 12th Air Force.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (seated, center), with Admiral Thomas H. Binford (standing, left), and Chaplain Joshua L. Goldberg (standing, right) at a dinner. All others are unidentified. Date, location, and event are all unknown.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (right) and his wife Margaret (center) with Admiral Thomas H. Binford (left) on a boat. The location and event are unknown.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (third from right) and his wife, Margaret (fourth from right), attending an unidentified event with Admiral Thomas H. Binford (fifth from right). All others are unidentified. Date and exact location are unknown.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (right) places money in a donation sock at a dinner. Also in attendance is United States Navy Chaplain Joshua L. Goldberg (center). Military officer on the left is unidentified. Date and location are unknown.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (right) at a dinner with Admiral Thomas H. Binford (second from right) and other unidentified men. The date and location of this event are unknown.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (seated, center) at a dinner event with Francis Cardinal Spellman (seated, left), General Willis Crittenberger (standing, left), and Chaplain Joshua L. Goldberg (standing, right). The man seated on the right is unidentified. Exact date and location are unknown.