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General Smith's dinner at Victory House

General Walter Bedell Smith's dinner at Victory House in Frankfurt. Around table starting at left, front: Brigadier General Owen Summers; W. Alton Jones; Dr. Joseph E. Pogue; Captain Thomas Higginson; Secretary Harold L. Ickes; General Walter Bedell Smith; Petroleum Administrator Ralph K. Davies (half hidden); Ellen Downes; Sam Botsford; General Willard Stewart Paul (half hidden); Stanley Richardson; Gordon Sessions (half hidden); General Thomas Jefferson Davis; unidentified General; and Ralph T. Zook.

Walter Bedell Smith's Dinner at Victory Guest House

General Walter Bedell Smith's dinner at Victory Guest House in Frankfurt. Around the table from left to right, back to front: Brigadier General Owen Summers; George A. Hill, Jr.; General Arthur Seymor Nevins; W. Alton Jones; R.E. Hardwicke; Dr. Joseph E. Pogue; General Harold Roe Bull (behind Dr. Pogue's head); Elaine Owens; Captain Thomas Higginson; William R. Boyd, Jr.; Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes; Sam Botsford; Stanley Richardson; General Thomas Jefferson Davis. Some of these individuals are with the petroleum group visiting Europe.

Group of Petroleum People Standing by Plane in Frankfurt

Group of people standing by plane at Frankfurt Airport. From left to right: Brigadier General Owen Summers; Lieutenant Charles A. Neyhart; Elaine Owens; Captain A.F. Story; Ralph T. Zook; Captain Paul W. Meinar; Dr. Joseph E. Pogue; Sergeant William G. Ledger; George A. Hill, Jr.; Captain Harold N. Learned; Ellen Downes; Petroleum Administrator Ralph K. Davies; Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes; Gordon Sessions; William R. Boyd, Jr.; R.E. Hardwicke; W. Alton Jones; Sam Botsford; and Captain Thomas Higginson.

Crew of C-54 on Plane Stairs

Crew of C-54 standing on plane stairs. From top to bottom, left to right: Captain A.F. Story, pilot; Captain Paul W. Meinar, pilot; Sergeant Joseph W. Pinto, engineer; Sergeant Joseph H Walsh, radio operator; Lieutenant Charles A. Neyhart, co-pilot; Captain Harold N. Learned, navigator; Sergeant William G. Ledger, flight clerk; and Sergeant Guido J. Costello, engineer. (They brought Ralph K. Davies and the petroleum group to Europe.)