Soldiers

Full, exterior view of three men, two in military uniform, walking on a city sidewalk toward another uniformed man in an undisclosed location. Taken during World War II time frame.

View of diplomat and author Charles W. Thayer seen in military uniform kneeling second from the left. Other soldiers or location not identified.

View of diplomat and author Charles W. Thayer shown reclining on the ground in the center of the photograph. Other soldiers in the view are not identified. Location not given.

Exterior view showing diplomat and author Charles W. Thayer standing third from the left in U.S. Army uniform and saluting. He is in line with ten other men, most in uniform and some believed to be Russian. Penciled on the back of the photograph is the following left to right: Gen'l [Nikolai Vasilievich] Korneev, Brig. [Fitzroy] MacLean, C.W.T. [Charles W. Thayer], Marshall Tito ? (center, back showing, and shaking hands). Location probably Yugoslavia, World War II era. Thayer served as Chief of U.S. Military Mission to Yugoslavia, 1944-45 and attained the rank of Lt. Col. in the Army.

Interior view showing men in military uniform seated at a banquet table. Charles W. Thayer is in U.S. Army military uniform seated second from the right. Probably taken in Yugoslavia when Thayer was Chief of the U.S. Military Mission to Yugoslavia, 1944-45. Man third from the right seated next to Thayer may be Marshall Tito. Others are not identified.

Exterior scene, partial body view of diplomat and author Charles W. Thayer in uniform (right). He is standing by an unidentified man in uniform and appears to be waving. Location not given, World War II era.

Exterior view of diplomat and author Charles W. Thayer in uniform located second from the right. Other uniformed men in view are not identified. Location not given.

Street view which centers on five soldiers, including diplomat Charles W. Thayer located on the left. Identification of others and exact location not given.

Soldiers walking in the funeral services at Arlington National Cemetery for Leslie Coffelt, a White House policeman who was killed while protecting President Harry S. Truman from an assassination attempt at Blair House on November 1.

The cortege bearing the flag-draped coffin of Private Leslie Coffelt, a White House policeman who was killed while protecting President Harry S. Truman from an assassination attempt at Blair House on November 1, during funeral services for Coffelt at Arlington National Cemetery.