Tito, Josip Broz, 1892-1980

Ambassador Richard C. Patterson, right, with an unidentified man, possibly Marshall Tito, in Bled, Yugoslavia.

Exterior view showing diplomat and author Charles W. Thayer standing third from the left in U.S. Army uniform and saluting. He is in line with ten other men, most in uniform and some believed to be Russian. Penciled on the back of the photograph is the following left to right: Gen'l [Nikolai Vasilievich] Korneev, Brig. [Fitzroy] MacLean, C.W.T. [Charles W. Thayer], Marshall Tito ? (center, back showing, and shaking hands). Location probably Yugoslavia, World War II era. Thayer served as Chief of U.S. Military Mission to Yugoslavia, 1944-45 and attained the rank of Lt. Col. in the Army.

Interior view showing men in military uniform seated at a banquet table. Charles W. Thayer is in U.S. Army military uniform seated second from the right. Probably taken in Yugoslavia when Thayer was Chief of the U.S. Military Mission to Yugoslavia, 1944-45. Man third from the right seated next to Thayer may be Marshall Tito. Others are not identified.