Secretary of the Army Frank Pace meets with some of his civilian aides the Presidio Officer's Mess in San Francisco, California. Left to right: David Deane, Jr. Aide for Idaho; Stephen E. Chadwick, Aide for Washington; Edmond G. Toomey, Aide for Montana; George A.D. Kerr, Aide for Oregon; Lieutenant General Joseph Swing, Commanding General, Sixth Army; Secretary Pace; Philip J. Fitzgerald, Aide for the Sixth Army; Eugene D. Bennett, Aide for Northern California; Walter W. Knorpp, Aide for Arizona; William C. McDuffie, Aide for Southern California; and Robert A. Cavanaugh, Aide for Nevada.