Claxton, Brooke, 1898-1960

Receiving line at a reception for the visiting foreign Defense Ministers at the Officer's Club at Fort McNair. The reception was hosted by Secretary of the Army and Mrs. Frank Pace. Left to right: Canadian Minister of National Defense Brooke Claxton (extreme left, partly cut out of picture); unidentified woman; French Minister of National Defense Jules Moch; British Minister of National Defense Emanuel Shinwell; unidentified man; Margaret (Mrs. Frank) Pace; Secretary of the Pace.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace welcomes Defense officials of the British, French and Canadian Governments at the opening of a Weapons Standardization Conference at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. Left to right: Secretary Pace, Jules Moch, French Minister of National Defense; Emanuel Shinwell, British Minister of National Defense; and Brooke Claxton, Minister of National Defense for Canada. Others in the background are unidentified.

Canadian Minister of Defense Brooke Claxton (left), Secretary Frank Pace (middle), and Margaret (Mrs. Frank) Pace (right) exiting building during trip to Old Fort Henry in Kingston, Ontario. Others unidentified.

United States Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (left) shakes hands with an unidentified man after meeting with Canadian Minister of Defense Brooke Claxton (center) at Old Fort Henry in Kingston, Ontario. In the background is an airplane.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (in rain coat) and his wife Margaret (behind and to the left of Frank Pace) with the Canadian Minister of Defense Brooke Claxton (behind and to the right of Frank Pace) riding in a vehicle with a group of unidentified Canadian soldiers.

Canadian Minister of Defense Brooke Claxton (foreground, left) and United States Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (foreground, middle) at Old Fort Henry in Ontario. Canadian soldiers and others are unidentified.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (left) poses with Canadian Minister of Defense Brooke Claxton (right) in Kingston, Ontario.

United States Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (left) meets with Canadian Minister of Defense Brooke Claxton (right) at Old Fort Henry in Kingston, Ontario. Man in center is unidentified.

Sectary of the Army Frank Pace (left) with Canadian Minister of Defense Brooke Claxton (right) in Kingston, Ontario.

Lieutenant General Edward M. Almond, center left, Commandant of the Army War College, thanks the Canadian Minister of Defense, Brooke Claxton, far left, after his talk for the faculty and the student body of the Army War College. Also present was Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, far right, chats with General V. B. Barnes, back right, the Assistant Commandant of the Army War College. Students in the background are unidentified.