Military education

Interior view of what appears to be a closet with towels in view on shelves. A partial view of a military uniform is on the right. Photograph may have been taken while Charles Thayer was a student at West Point Military Academy, 1929-1933. Original negative in Library.

Interior view of what appears to be a closet with towels in view on shelves. A partial view of a military uniform is on the right. Photograph may have been taken while Charles Thayer was a student at West Point Military Academy, 1929-1933. Original negative in Library.

Interior view of what is believed to be a dorm room with a bed and wall pegs and possible closet in view. Photograph may be Charles Thayer's room while he was a student at West Point Military Academy, 1929-1933. Original negative in Library.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (standing) addresses the United States Military Academy Cadets and guests during the Jubilee Banquet, which was held in Washington Hall at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the Military Academy. Seated in Major General Frederick A. Irving, Superintendent of the Academy.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace delivering the graduation address to the students of the 1951-1952 regular course of the Command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. In addition to the 540 United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force Officers in the student body, there were 61 Allied Officers. Others in the background are unidentified.

Left to Right: Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, Secretary of the Navy Dan A. Kimball, President Harry S. Truman, and Vice Admiral Harry W. Hill greet an unidentified athlete at the military academy track meet held at the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland. Also present is Press Secretary Joseph Short (behind Truman, wearing glasses and hat) and Margaret (Mrs. Frank) Pace (seated, far right). All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (front row, left, in civilian clothes) receives greeting from United States Naval Academy cadets at Annapolis, Maryland. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (center in dark suit, holding baseball) shows off Secretary of the Navy Dan. A. Kimball's (center, left) tie during a visit to the Army-Navy baseball game at the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland. Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (behind and left of Truman) talks with crowd behind Truman. Also present is Margaret (Mrs. Frank) Pace (behind and to left of Truman), General Harry Vaughan (behind Truman and Mrs. Pace), and Vice Admiral Harry W. Hill (left of Truman). All others are unidentified.

Lieutenant General Edward M. Almond, center left, Commandant of the Army War College, thanks the Canadian Minister of Defense, Brooke Claxton, far left, after his talk for the faculty and the student body of the Army War College. Also present was Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, far right, chats with General V. B. Barnes, back right, the Assistant Commandant of the Army War College. Students in the background are unidentified.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace shakes hands with Canadian Minister of Defense, Brooke Claxton, after his talk with the faculty and the student body of the Army War College. Others in the background are unidentified.