President Harry S. Truman (seated, left) presents Secretary of Defense George Marshall (seated, right) with one of the pens he used in signing the proclamation declaring May 19 as Armed Forces Day. Standing, from left to right: Admiral Forrest P. Sherman, General Hoyt Vandenberg, Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, Secretary of the Navy Francis P. Matthews, Secretary of the Air Force Thomas Finletter, and General Omar Bradley, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Guests attending a retirement reception and dinner held in honor of General and Mrs. Wade H. Haislip at the Officers Club at Fort McNair. The dinner was hosted by General and Mrs. J. Lawton Collins. Among those in attendance are Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and Mrs. Catherine Nimitz (outside of left table, eighth and ninth from left); Secretary of the Air Force Thomas K. Finletter (outside of left table, tenth from left); Margaret (Mrs. Frank) Pace, Secretary of Defense Robert Lovett, Mrs. Wade H.
General Wade H. Haislip (center) with Secretary of the Air Force Thomas Finletter (left) and an unidentified guest at the retirement reception held in General Haislip's honor at the Officers Club at Fort McNair.