Receptions

From left to right, Colonel Mary Hallaren (Ret), Third Director of the WAC; Colonel Westray B. Leslie (Ret), Second Director of the WAC; Mrs. Hallaren, Colonel Hallaren's mother; Colonel Mary Louise Milligan Rasmuson; and Mrs. Milligan, Colonel Rasmuson's mother, in a receiving line at a reception. The reception in honor of the twentieth anniversary of the founding of the WACs and was held at Patton Hall, Fort Meyer, Virginia. Others in the background are unidentified.

Current and former Women's Army Corps (WAC) officers are manning the receiving line at a reception honoring the twentieth anniversary of the founding of the WACs. From left to right: Colonel Westray Battle Boyce Leslie (Ret); Mrs. Paul Gavin; Colonel Mary Louise Milligan Rasmuson; Major General Paul Gavin; Major Mildred Bailey; Mrs. David W. Traub; and Lieutenant General David W. Traub. The reception was held at Patton Hall, Fort Myer, Virginia.

From left to right, Colonel Irene Galloway, Fourth WAC director; Colonel Mary Hallaren (Ret) Third WAC director; Colonel Westray B. Leslie (Ret), Second WAC director; Colonel Mary Louise Milligan Rasmuson WAC director and Major Mildred Bailey, Commanding Officer WAC, Detachment, Fort Myer, Virginia are attending a reception honoring the twentieth anniversary of the Women's Army Corps. The reception was held at Patton Hall, Fort Myer, Virginia.

Current and former Women's Army Corps (WAC) officers are manning the receiving line at a reception honoring the twentieth anniversary of the founding of the WACs. From left to right: Colonel Westray Battle Boyce Leslie (Ret); Mrs. Walter Weible; Colonel Mary Louise Milligan Rasmuson; Major Mildred Bailey; Lieutenant General Walter Weible (Ret). The reception was held at Patton Hall, Fort Myer, Virginia.

Colonel Westray Battle Boyce Leslie (Ret) (second from left) converses with four unidentified WACs at a reception at Fort McClellan, Alabama.

From left to right, Lieutenant Colonel Pauline V. Houston, Chief WAC Officer Career Management; Mrs. Alice Milligan, mother of Colonel Milligan; Colonel Westray Battle Boyce Leslie (Ret), second director of the WAC; Lieutenant Colonel Rebecca S. Parks, Office Director WAC. The officers are pictured at a reception at the Fort McNair Officers' Club honoring Colonel Mary Louise Milligan (not shown) upon her appointment as the fifth Director of the WAC.

Guests are standing in line as they are greeted at a reception for General Zenon Noriega Aguero, the Minister of War of Peru, which was held at Hop Hall, Fort Myer, Virginia. From left to right: two unidentified military officers, Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (partly obscured), unidentified woman, Margaret (Mrs. Frank) Pace.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (lower right) is greeting members of the military band that played at the reception that he hosted for General Zenon Noriega Aguero, the Minister of War of Peru. The reception took place at Hop Hall, Fort Myer, Virginia. All others are unidentified.

Peruvian Minister of War General Zenon Noriega Aguero (second from right) greets an unidentified guest at a reception held in the General's honor at Hop Hall, Fort Myer, Virginia. From left to right: unidentified military officer; Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (mostly obscured); Margaret (Mrs. Frank) Pace; General Aguero; Claribel (Mrs. Fernando) Berckemeyer, wife of the Peruvian Ambassador to the United States.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace greets guests at a reception for the Peruvian Minister of War, General Zenon Noriega Aguero, that was held at Hop Hall, Fort Myer, Virginia. From left to right: Secretary Pace, Margaret (Mrs. Frank) Pace (background), unidentified woman, unidentified military officer.