Women

Colonel Westray B. Leslie (Ret) (left) shakes hands with First Lieutenant Chaeok Kang, (right) a Korean student in the Women's Army Corps officer Basic Course at Fort McClellan, Alabama while Lieutenant Colonel Sue Lynch looks on (center).

Colonel Westray Battle Boyce Leslie (Ret) (second from left) converses with four unidentified WACs at a reception at Fort McClellan, Alabama.

Former Director of the Women's Army Corps (WAC), retired Colonel Westray B. Leslie is paying a visit to the Women's Army Corps School at Fort McClellan, Alabama. Standing on the stairs from left to right: Major E. Janet Chapman, Director of Instruction at the WAC School; Colonel Westray B. Leslie (Ret); Lieutenant Colonel Sue Lynch, WAC Center Commandant (behind Colonel Long); Sergeant Major Gaile Bossert; and Mr. William Leslie. Others are unidentified.

Exterior view showing a Bedouin woman standing by a tree, taken at St. Catherine's Monastery located at the foot of Mt. Sinai in Egypt. Photo described by Charles Thayer as "a bedouin woman in her best clothes including an elaborate silver breast plate, poses in the garden of the Monastery with her young daughter." Photograph taken as part of a trip author and diplomat Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to the area in March 1961. Photos intended for possible magazine article. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.

Ruth Boynton (standing) speaks to Arthur Gardiner (seated, right) and Emily Gardiner (seated, second from right) at their farewell party in Saigon, South Vietnam. Also present is William Fippin, Deputy Director of the United States Operations Mission. Others in the background are unidentified.

Emily Gardiner is speaking to guests at a farewell party for her and her husband in Saigon, South Vietnam. Standing with her is William Fippin, Deputy Director of the United States Operations Mission. Others in the background are unidentified.

Arthur Z. Gardiner is speaking to the guests at his farewell party in Saigon, South Vietnam. Also present is his wife, Emily (right), and William Fippin, Deputy Director of the United States Operations Mission (second from right). Others in the background are unidentified.

Arthur Z. Gardiner (left), Emily Gardiner (second from left), and two unidentified women attend a farewell party for the Gardiners in Saigon, South Vietnam.

President Harry S. Truman is standing in front of the home of the Vice Consul of the United States to Bermuda, Clay Merrell, during his vacation cruise to the island. From left to right: General Harry H. Vaughan, Mrs. Clay Merrell, Mr. Jones, President Truman, Mr. Richie, Mrs. Jones, Clay Merrell, and Captain James H. Foskett.

Naval officers and guests leaving a reception given by Admiral Forrest Sherman on the USS Fargo. From left to right: Admiral Forrest Sherman, Rear Admiral James H. Foskett, Captain Gardner, Commander Gentry, Mrs. Lamont, and Mrs. Gentry. Others are unidentified.