Dr. Darrell Clayton Crain, Jr. was born in Washington, D.C. on March 29, 1910. He graduated from the medical school at George Washington University and served as a Major in the U.S. Army Medical Corps during World War II, receiving the Asiatic Pacific Service Medal and the Philippine Liberation Medal. In 1950, while serving as a civilian consultant to the Department of the Army, Dr. Crain was a member of a U.S. government mission that was sent to Saudi Arabia to provide medical treatment to the ailing King Ibn Saud. A practicing rheumatologist for more than fifty years, Dr. Crain was also an accomplished amateur photographer.
Saudi Arabian King Ibn Saud seated between medical staff visiting his palace in Riyadh. Standing left to right: unidentified, Dr. Wallace H. Graham, Dr. Darrell Crain, Jr., and unidentified. This photo was taken during a medical trip to treat King Ibn Saud and other members of the Saudi Arabian royal family. Originally called slide SA 53.