Autographed Photo of Thomas K. Finletter
Autographed photo of Thomas K. Finletter. "To Clarence H. Osthagen, with best wishes, Thomas K. Finletter."
Finletter, Thomas Knight, 1893-1980
Armed Forces Day Proclamation
President Harry S. Truman (seated, left) presents Secretary of Defense George Marshall (seated, right) with one of the pens he used in signing the proclamation declaring May 19 as Armed Forces Day. Standing, from left to right: Admiral Forrest P. Sherman, General Hoyt Vandenberg, Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, Secretary of the Navy Francis P. Matthews, Secretary of the Air Force Thomas Finletter, and General Omar Bradley, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff.
General Wade H. Haislip's Retirement Reception
Guests attending a retirement reception and dinner held in honor of General and Mrs. Wade H. Haislip at the Officers Club at Fort McNair. The dinner was hosted by General and Mrs. J. Lawton Collins. Among those in attendance are Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and Mrs. Catherine Nimitz (outside of left table, eighth and ninth from left); Secretary of the Air Force Thomas K. Finletter (outside of left table, tenth from left); Margaret (Mrs. Frank) Pace, Secretary of Defense Robert Lovett, Mrs. Wade H.
General Haislip at Retirement Reception
General Wade H. Haislip (center) with Secretary of the Air Force Thomas Finletter (left) and an unidentified guest at the retirement reception held in General Haislip's honor at the Officers Club at Fort McNair.
General Haislip Retirement Reception
General Wade H. Haislip (second from right) and his wife, Mrs. Haislip (foreground, left) talk with three Secretary of the Air Force Thomas Finletter (right) and another unidentified guest at the retirement reception and dinner held in General Haislip's honor at the Officers Club at Fort McNair.
Greeting Attendees of Haislip Retirement Reception
General Wade H. Haislip (second from left) with Margaret (Mrs. Frank) Pace (left) and exchanges handshakes with Secretary of the Air Force Thomas Finletter (right) at the retirement reception held in his honor at the Officers Club at Fort McNair. The woman that Mrs. Pace is shaking hands with is unidentified.
Secretary Finletter, Armed Forces Day, 1952
Secretary of the Air Force Thomas K. Finletter (center foreground, left) arrives at the airport in Louisville, Kentucky, for Armed Forces Day. Also present is Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (in group on the right, wearing hat). All others are unidentified.
Armed Forces Day 1952
Secretary of the Air Force Thomas K. Finletter and Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, Jr. at the airport in Louisville, Kentucky for Armed Forces Day. From left to right: Secretary Finletter, Elvis Stahr (Special Assistant to Secretary Pace), John Kane (Press Aide to Secretary Pace), and Secretary Pace. All others are unidentified.
Secretary Pace with Other Defense Department Officials
From left to right: Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, Deputy Secretary of Defense William Foster, Secretary of Defense Lovett, Secretary of the Navy Dan Kimball, and Secretary of the Air Force Thomas K. Finletter.
Pace with Other Defense Department Officials
From left to right: Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, Deputy Secretary of Defense William Foster, Secretary of Defense Lovett, Secretary of the Navy Dan Kimball, Secretary of the Air Force Thomas K. Finletter, and Mr. Wyeth.