1969 Press Photo Selective Service Director Gen. Hershey shown with wife

General Lewis B. Hershey, shown with his wife, has been Selective Service director for 29 years and leaves that post Monday for a new assignment as adviser to President Nixon on manpower mobilization. The new post means the 76-year-old Hershey can continue on active duty in a military career that began exactly 59 years ago.

Photo is dated 1969.

Photo measures 10.25 x 8.25 inches.