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Draper, William H. (William Henry), 1894-1974

Kenneth C. Royall and Department of War staff

Secretary of the Army Kenneth C. Royall with former and present members of his staff. Seated, left to right: General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower, Army Chief of Staff; Mr. Royall and William H. Draper, Under Secretary of the Army. Standing, left to right: Mr. W. Stuart Symington, Secretary of Air (Former Assistant Secretary of War for Air); Lieutenant General J. Lawton Collins, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army; and Mr. Edwin W. Pauley, Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Army. Pentagon Building, Washington, D.C.

British officer and U.S. Military Personnel in Berlin

(Left to right): Lieutenant General Sir Charles Keightley, British Army Commander; William H. Draper, Jr., American Undersecretary of Army; General Lucius Clay, the head of the OMGUS, the Office of Military Government, United States; and Lieutenant General  A.C. Wedemeyer, Chief of Planning and Operations, U. S. Army, walk around the American headquarters in Berlin on June 29, 1948, pondering their moves to counter Russian steps that have frozen Berlin from the West.

Photo of Gen. Lucius D. Clay and top U. S. officials as he leaves the White House

General Lucius D. Clay shown after presenting a personal report on conditions in Berlin to President Harry S. Truman. Shown with General Clay as he left the White House are left to right; Secretary of the Army Kenneth Royall; General Clay; Robert D. Murphy, Political Advisor to General Clay; and William H. Draper, Undersecretary of the Army. From: Beth Gore

General Lucius D. Clay, Secretary of the Army Kenneth Royall, and Undersecretary of the Army William H. Draper

General Lucius D. Clay (center), U. S. Military Commander in Germany, pictured as he arrived at the White House for a conference with the President and other top officials on America's next move in the Berlin crisis. On left is Secretary of Army Kenneth Royall, and right, William H. Draper, Undersecretary of Army. From: Beth Gore