Missions

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.

Members of the Erskine-Melby mission observing a ground military demonstration in Prachuap, Thailand. John F. Melby is watching from the center back.

John F. Melby, front left; the Commander in Chief, Royal Thai Air Force, front center; General Graves B. Erskine, behind Mr. Melby; and other unidentified men leaving for the Ministry of Defense in Don Muang, Thailand. This is the visit of the Erskine-Melby mission to Thailand.

The mission is received by the Commander in Chief, Royal Thai Air Force, in Don Muang. General Graves B. Erskine is on the left. John F. Melby is standing by General Erskine. The other man is unidentified.

The mission arrives at Don Muang in Thailand. John F. Melby is shown in the center. General Graves B. Erskine is shown at the bottom of the steps. Others are unidentified.

The Commander of the Bangkok Police School giving an order to an officer with a trumpeter standing behind. This took place during the Melby Erskine Mission to Thailand.

General Graves B. Erskine is watching the firing exercise from the armored vehicle. The Director General of Police, John F. Melby, and members of the Melby-Erskine Mission are standing behind.

General Graves B. Erskine is standing on the armored vehicle observing the gun crew. John F. Melby is standing behind the vehicle. The Director General of Police is standing behind Mr. Melby during the Melby-Erskine Mission visit to Bangkok, Thailand.

The Director General of Police chatting with a member of the Melby-Erskine Mission during the firing exercise in Bangkok, Thailand. John F. Melby is second from left.

The Deputy Director General of Police observing the firing exercise of an armored vehicle during the Melby-Erskine Mission to Bangkok, Thailand.