Soldiers

Exterior view of diplomat and author Charles W. Thayer in military uniform on the left. He is standing with an unidentified uniformed woman next to him and an unidentified man in a suit on the right. A military airplane is visible in the background. Location not given. World War II era photograph, similar to others in the collection that are dated April, 1945.

Exterior partial body view of diplomat and author Charles W. Thayer. He is in uniform standing in the center surrounded by three other unidentified men also in military uniform. Location not given, World War II era.

View of four men, including diplomat and author Charles W. Thayer standing second from left wearing a military uniform. All are standing by a military airplane in a undisclosed location. Others in photograph are not identified.

Exterior scene, partial body view of diplomat and author Charles W. Thayer standing on the left. Three other unidentified men in uniform are standing with him. Location not given, World II era.

Partial, exterior view of diplomat and author Charles W. Thayer in military uniform. He is seen walking with two unidentified men in American military uniforms. Location not given.

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.