Receptions

Colonel Westray Battle Boyce Leslie (Ret)(left) is sitting next to Colonel Mary Louise M. Rasmuson as they chat with Mr. J. Sweeney, one of the guests at the reception in honor of the 20th Anniversary of the founding of the Women's Army Corps. The reception was held at Fort Myers, Virginia in Patton Hall.

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 Mary Hallaren (Ret); Colonel Westray Battle Boyce Leslie (Ret.); Lieutenant Colonel Catherine H. Foster; Colonel Mary Louise Milligan Rasmuson (mostly obscured); and Major Mildred Bailey. The reception took place 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. Charles Bolte; Colonel Mary Louise Milligan Rasmuson; Major Mildred Bailey; General Charles Bolte (Ret). 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. Faith; Colonel Mary Louise Milligan Rasmuson; Major Mildred Bailey; Brigadier General Donald C. Faith (Ret.), Commandant of the first WAC Training Center, Fort Des Moines. The reception was held at Patton Hall, Fort Myer, Virginia.

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.

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

A decorated ham and turkey are served at President Harry S. Truman's farewell reception aboard the USS Williamsburg, following a vacation cruise to Bermuda. From the album "Vacation cruise with the President" Volume 3 of 4.

President Harry S. Truman (right) speaks with the governor of Bermuda, Admiral Sir Ralph Leatham (left), during his farewell reception aboard the USS Williamsburg, following a trip to Bermuda. Others in the background are unidentified. From the album "Vacation cruise with the President" Volume 3 of 4.

Two unidentified United States Naval officers attend a reception given by Admiral Forrest Sherman aboard the USS Fargo.

Unidentified naval officers greet each other in a receiving line at a reception given by Admiral Forrest Sherman on board the USS Fargo.