Military ceremonies, honors, and salutes

Former President Harry S. Truman (second from left) inspects soldiers at Strategic Air Command, Offutt Air Base, Nebraska. All others are unidentified.

General Douglas MacArthur (in trench coat) and Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (in civilian clothes) review the honor guard at Haneda Air Base in Tokyo, Japan. The other soldiers are unidentified. This is from an album of photos of a visit by Secretary of the Army Frank Pace to the Far Eastern Theater.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (center) reviews troops while accompanied by General Douglas MacArthur (right) and an unidentified honor guard upon his arrival at Haneda Air Force Base, Tokyo, Japan. This is from an album of photos of a visit by Secretary of the Army Frank Pace to the Far Eastern Theater.

General Douglas salutes in front of a United States Air Force plane and other unidentified military officers at Haneda Air Force Base, Tokyo, Japan. This is from an album of photos of a visit by Secretary of the Army Frank Pace to the Far Eastern Theater.

Military ceremonies take place at Haneda Air Force Base in Tokyo, Japan, upon the arrival of Secretary of the Army Frank Pace. Frank Pace is located on the front center left of the group in front of the plane, next to General MacArthur. All other soldiers are unidentified. This is from an album of photos of a visit by Secretary of the Army Frank Pace to the Far Eastern Theater.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, with his hat over his heart, and General Douglas MacArthur, wearing a light-colored trench coat, participate in military ceremonies at the arrival of Pace, Secretary of the Army, at Haneda Air Force Base in Tokyo, Japan. All other officers are unidentified. This is from an album of photos of a visit by Secretary of the Army Frank Pace to the Far Eastern Theater.

President Harry S. Truman and President Miguel Aleman of Mexico are "trooping the line" as they review troops at the National Airport in Washington, D.C. after the arrival of President Aleman. President Truman, left, and President Aleman, right, are in civilian clothes at the front of the line. Following behind, left to right, are Lieutenant General Matthew Ridgway, Rear Admiral James Foskett, Fleet Admiral William Leahy, Major General Harry Vaughan (partly obscured), and Rear Admiral J. Cary Jones. All other men in uniform are unidentified.

Commodore Clinton E. Braine (left) and Captain James Foskett (right) are walking on deck during an inspection of the USS Savannah at Commander Naval Bases in Newport, Rhode Island.

Commodore Clinton E. Braine (second from right) and Captain James Foskett (right) are walking towards a group of unidentified officers during an inspection of the USS Savannah at Commander Naval Bases in Newport, Rhode Island.

Commodore Clinton E. Braine is walking down a line of unidentified sailors during an inspection of the USS Savannah in Newport, Rhode Island. Captain James Foskett follows behind Commodore Braine.