Two attendees share a lighthearted moment at a veterans' reunion banquet associated with General Jonathan M. Wainwright, the celebrated defender of Bataan and Corregidor and one of the highest-ranking American prisoners of war in the Pacific Theater. Reunions such as this brought together former servicemen, POW survivors, and dignitaries throughout the postwar decades to commemorate shared wartime experience. The formal attire and hotel ballroom setting reflect the social customs of American veterans' organizations during the late 1940s and 1950s. Project: 218337