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Whitlock, Lester J. (Lester Johnson), 1892-1971

Secretary Frank Pace with United States Army Commanders

Army Commanders in the United States and certain overseas Commanders meet with Secretary of the Army Frank Pace and General J. Lawton Collins, Chief of Staff in the Pentagon in routine sessions. Seated, from left to right: Lieutenant General Charles L. Bolte; Lieutenant General Edward H. Brooks; Lieutenant General Willis D. Crittenberger; General Collins; Secretary Pace; Lieutenant General John R. Hodge; Lieutenant General Henry S. Aurand; Lieutenant General Joseph M. Swing; Lieutenant General William M. Hoge. Standing, from left to right: Major General Edwin K.

Negotiations for Surrender of the Japanese at the End of World War II

Picture shows the conference room at General Headquarters, Manila during the negotiations of requirements for Japan's unconditional surrender. From left to right on left side of table: Captain Hidemi Yoshida (Navy); Captain Toshiichi Omaye (Navy); Rear Admiral Ichiro Yokoyama (Navy); Lieutenant General Kawabe Torashiro (Army); Katsuo Okazaki, (Chief of the Research Division); Major General Morkikazu Amano (Army) and Lieutenant Colonel Masao Matsuda (Army). From left to right on right side of table: Major General Lester J. Whitlock, Major General Richard Marshall; Rear Admiral Forrest P.

Army Members Meet with Frank Pace

In this photograph, high ranking Department of Army members, Commanding Generals of six Stateside Army Areas, and other field commanders, meet with Secretary of the Army, Frank Pace and General J. Lawton Collins, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army at the Pentagon. Front row, left to right: Lieutenant General Maxwell D. Taylor; Lieutenant General Joseph M. Swing; General John R. Hodge; General J. Lawton Collins; Secretary Frank Pace; General John E. Hull; General Edward H. Brooks; Lieutenant General William M. Hoge; Lieutenant General John W. O'Daniel.