Soldiers

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (standing, right, in civilian clothes) talks with men of the Ninth Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion during a visit to Fort Cronkhite, California. All others are unidentified.

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 (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) 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) greets unidentified troops debarking from a transport at Fort Mason, California.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (foreground, second from left) and Lieutenant General Alexander Bolling (foreground, left) salute the colors during the Secretary's visit to Fort McPherson, Georgia. All others are unidentified.

Men of "C" Battery, Ninth Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion are running to gun positions during a practice gun drill at Fort Cronkhite, California. All are unidentified.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace takes a polygraph test during his visit to Camp Gordon, Georgia, while unidentified military personnel look on.

President Harry S. Truman (left) shakes hands with Captain James F. Foskett (right) aboard the USS Augusta. President Truman traveled with Captain Foskett, Commanding Officer of the Augusta, to the Potsdam Conference. Other soldiers in the background are unidentified.