Soldiers

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (head of line, right, wearing civilian clothes) walks with other unidentified soldiers and armed forces officers inspecting the dock area at the port of Whittier, Alaska. The United States Naval Ship Captain Arlo L. Olson is in the background.

Unidentified soldiers and armed forces officers eating lunch during an inspection visit to the port of Whittier, Alaska.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (on stairs, center) leaving the chapel at the port of Whittier, Alaska with Lieutenant General William Kepner and Colonel Nelson. Other soldiers standing next to the cars on the left are unidentified.

Unidentified soldiers marching with the colors during a visit by Secretary of the Army Frank Pace to Fort Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (left) and General J. Lawton Collins (second from left) stand at attention with unidentified armed forces officers at Fort Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Behind them is a Military Air Transport Service airplane. All other soldiers are unidentified.

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.