Soldiers

French Minister of National Defense Jules Moch (center) and French Ambassador to the United States Henri Bonnet (right) walking with an unidentified United States Army soldier to Secretary of the Army Frank Pace's reception for the visiting foreign Defense Ministers at Fort McNair.

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, left) presents a Congressional Medal of Honor to Sergeant John D. Hawk. A group is assembled on the steps of the capital of the state of Washington, Olympia. The Governor of Washington, Mon Wallgren is in the background on the right. Others are unidentified.

Sergeant Wilkerson (background, left) looks on while Colonel Westray Battle Boyce (foreground, left) visits with Corporal Ricker and Private First Class Nearhead while visiting Shaw Army Air Field at Sumter, South Carolina.

Colonel Westray Battle Boyce poses with Sergeant Wilkerson while visiting Shaw Army Air Field in Sumter, South Carolina.

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.

Japanese General Yoshijiro Umezu signs the Instrument of Surrender Agreement on behalf of the Japanese government ending the war with Japan while (left to right) General Douglas MacArthur and his Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Richard Sutherland look on. Others in the background are unidentified. The ceremony took place aboard the USS Missouri in Manila Bay. These photographs were given to Colonel Westray B. Boyce during her tour of the Pacific Theatre in the Fall of 1945.

From left to right, unidentified woman, Captain Louise Mowat, Major General Richard J. Marshall, Colonel Westray Battle Boyce, Navy Lieutenant Bob (unknown) and Dr. Marion E. Kenworthy relax during a dinner held in Colonel Boyce's honor in Manila. Colonel Boyce was on a tour of WAC locations in the Pacific Theatre.

From left to right, unidentified woman, Captain Louise Mowat, Major General Richard J. Marshall, Colonel Westray Battle Boyce, Navy Lieutenant Bob (unknown) and Dr. Marion E. Kenworthy relax during a dinner held in Colonel Boyce's honor in Manila. Colonel Boyce was on a tour of WAC locations in the Pacific Theatre.

WAC Technician (T/5) Georgiana M. Anderson (right) of Ashland, Wisconsin has a chat with an unidentified military police officer. Anderson was stationed in the San Marco Area of Italy with the WAC 6669th Headquarters Platoon supporting the Fifth Army.

First Officer Don G. Merrifield of Minneapolis, Minnesota (left), shows Colonel Westray Battle Boyce (center) a map that shows the area that they will fly over on their inspection tour of the Philippines. Lieutenant A. E. Wilson (right) of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer General Headquarters looks on.