Hunting

Members of the International Military Tribunal of the Far East defense panel and their guests wait with nets behind a screen for the signal of ducks, during a hunting party given by Viscount Matsudaria, Minister of the Imperial Household, at the Imperial Reserve near Tokyo, Japan. John Brannon is second from left. All others are unidentified.

Captain Lewis S. Parks (left), of the USS Manchester, holds two birds he shot during a hunting trip during his rest and relaxation in Japan. He is standing next to an unknown Japanese hunting guide and dog.

Captain Lewis S. Parks (left) of the USS Manchester poses with two birds he shot during a hunting trip in Japan. Standing with Parks is an unknown Japanese hunting guide and dog.

Members of the Erskine-Melby mission are taken hunting on elephants. John F. Melby is on the back of the middle elephant. They are in Thailand.

Ambassador Stanton Griffis, third from right, with a group of unidentified persons displaying the results of a game bird hunt. A dog stands with them on the right. This photo is one of four mounted in a folder. The cover of the folder has a seal that reads 'B Dehesa El Molinillo." Below that the folder cover reads, "4 de Noviembre de 1951 - Ciudad Real (Espana).

Ambassador Stanton Griffis and an unidentified lady hold a game bird. This photo is one of four mounted in a folder. The cover of the folder has a seal that reads 'B Dehesa El Molinillo." Below that the folder cover reads, "4 de Noviembre de 1951 - Ciudad Real (Espana).

Ambassador Stanton Griffis stands holding a dead rabbit. This photo is one of four mounted in a folder. The cover of the folder has a seal that reads 'B Dehesa El Molinillo." Below that the folder cover reads, "4 de Noviembre de 1951 - Ciudad Real (Espana). The words below this last photo are handwritten and appear to say, "The last have been the whole of the Spanish people, who regret your departure so profoundly! Good-bye and 'parir [illegible]' Mr. Griffis!! Biosca."

Stanton Griffis, right, with his two hunting companions and the deer they shot on this Christmas hunting trip.

An unidentified man who was a hunting companion of Stanton Griffis stands behind a buck and a doe he has shot on this Christmas hunting trip.

Left to Right: Two unidentified companions and Stanton Griffis stand in front of a buck they have shot on this Christmas deer hunt.