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Foster, William C. (William Chapman), 1897-1984

General Mark W. Clark departing for assignment as Commander-in-Chief, Far East Command

Departing from Mats Terminal, National Airport, for his new assignment as Commander-in-Chief, Far East Command, General Mark W. Clark (second from right) bids farewell to Deputy Secretary of Defense William C. Foster (left), Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, Jr. (2nd from left), and General J. Lawton Collins (right) Chief of Staff, U. S. Army.

At the Pentagon, William C. Foster is sworn in as the new Deputy Secretary of Defense

At the Pentagon, the Hon. William C. Foster (second from left) is sworn in as the new Deputy Secretary of Defense by Ralph N. Stohl (right), Director of Administration, Department of Defense. Secretary of Defense Robert A. Lovett (left), and Mrs. Foster (third from left) were among the many prominent guests who attended the ceremony.

Group photograph of President Truman with undersecretaries and aides of various executive departments

Dinner at the White House. Identified in the photograph: President Harry S. Truman; David K. E. Bruce; H. Freeman Matthews; Carlisle M. Humelsine; Adrian S. Fisher; John D. Hickerson; Charles E. Bohlen; John M. Allison; Howland Sargeant; Harold F. Linder; Edward H. Foley, Jr.; John S. Graham; Andrew S. Overby; Edward F. Bartlet; William W. Parsons; William C. Foster; Wilfred J. McNeil; Earl D. Johnson; Francis Shackleford; Fred Korth; Francis P. Whitehair; Herbert R. Askins; John F. Floberg; Roswell L. Gilpatric; James T. Hill, Jr.; Ross L. Malone, Jr.; A. Holmes Baldridge; James M.