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Caption | Lieutenant Commander Richard O'Kane posing with 22 airmen rescued by USS Tang near Truk, Caroline Islands between 29 Apr and 1 May 1944; photo taken at Pearl Harbor in May 1944 ww2dbase | |||||||||||
WW2-Era Location Name | Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii | |||||||||||
Date | 20 May 1944 | |||||||||||
Photographer | Unknown | |||||||||||
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Source | ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives | |||||||||||
Identification Code | 80-G-80-G-227987 | |||||||||||
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Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||||||||
Photo Size | 585 x 742 pixels |
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2 Dec 2010 12:40:56 PM
Front row, left to right:
Aviation Radioman 2nd Class Harry B. Gemmell
Aviation Radioman 2nd Class Joseph Hranek
Aviation Radioman 1st Class James L. Livingston
Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Joseph D. Gendron
Second row, left to right:
Aviation Machinist's Mate 1st Class Robert W. Gruebel
Aviation Radioman 2nd Class Robert E. Hill
Lieutenant Commander Richard H. O'Kane
Aviation Ordnanceman 2nd Class H.A. Thompson
Aviation Radioman 2nd Class Aubrey J. Gill
Third row, left to right:
Ensign Carroll L. Farrell
Lieutenant (Junior Grade) James G. Cole
Lieutenant John J. Dowdle, Jr.
Lieutenant (Junior Grade) J.A. Burns
Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Robert T. Barbor
Lieutenant Harry E. Hill
Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Scott Scammell II
Back row, left to right:
Aviation Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Owen F. Taburn
Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Robert F. Kanze
Lieutenant Donald Kirkpatrick, Jr.
Aviation Radioman 2nd Class James J. Lenahan
Commander Alfred R. Matter
Aviation Ordnanceman 2nd Class Richard L. Bentley
Lieutenant Robert S. Nelson