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Crews inspecting midship torpedo damage to the heavy cruiser USS Chester in the Sutherland drydock at Cockatoo Island Dockyard, Sydney, Australia, Nov 1942.General Walter Krueger of US 6th Army inspecting US Marines at Mount Martha, Melbourne, Australia, 1943; note General William Rupertus and Colonel Merritt EdsonGeneral William Rupertus and Colonel John Selden, Australia, 1943Parade of military vehicles, Queen Street, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, circa 1943; note Diamond T tank transporters with Matilda tanks
Crews inspecting midship torpedo damage to the heavy cruiser USS Chester in the Sutherland drydock at Cockatoo Island Dockyard, Sydney, Australia, Nov 1942.General Walter Krueger of US 6th Army inspecting US Marines at Mount Martha, Melbourne, Australia, 1943; note General William Rupertus and Colonel Merritt EdsonGeneral William Rupertus and Colonel John Selden, Australia, 1943Parade of military vehicles, Queen Street, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, circa 1943; note Diamond T tank transporters with Matilda tanks
US First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt speaking with an RAAF officer, Australia, 1943; note WAAAF Group Officer Clare Grant Stevenson at far leftUSS New Orleans in the Cockatoo Docks in Sydney, Australia as a temporary bow is being lowered into place after she was struck by a torpedo in the Battle of Tassafaronga that blew off 150 feet of her bow.Group portrait of the officers of sunken German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran, HM Prison Dhurringile, Victoria, Australia, 11 Feb 1943; commanding officer Theodor Detmers in front row, second from the rightInspection of USS Growler’s damaged bow while nested alongside sub-tender USS Fulton at Capricorn Wharf, New Farm Submarine Base, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 17 Feb 1943.
US First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt speaking with an RAAF officer, Australia, 1943; note WAAAF Group Officer Clare Grant Stevenson at far leftUSS New Orleans in the Cockatoo Docks in Sydney, Australia as a temporary bow is being lowered into place after she was struck by a torpedo in the Battle of Tassafaronga that blew off 150 feet of her bow.Group portrait of the officers of sunken German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran, HM Prison Dhurringile, Victoria, Australia, 11 Feb 1943; commanding officer Theodor Detmers in front row, second from the rightInspection of USS Growler’s damaged bow while nested alongside sub-tender USS Fulton at Capricorn Wharf, New Farm Submarine Base, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 17 Feb 1943.
USS Growler’s damaged bow after a collision, New Farm Submarine Base, Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 17 Feb 1943. Note the Colonial Sugar Refinery dead ahead of Growler while her bow points toward Hawthorne across the river.Bullet hole through USS Growler’s main hatch sustained 7 Feb 1943. Photo taken at the New Farm Submarine Base, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, mid-Feb 1943.Bullet holes marked for repair on the fairwater of USS Growler while at the New Farm Submarine Base, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, mid-Feb 1943.USS New Orleans underway from Sydney, Australia after being fitted with a temporary bow because she was struck by a torpedo in the Battle of Tassafaronga that blew off 150 feet of her bow.
USS Growler’s damaged bow after a collision, New Farm Submarine Base, Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 17 Feb 1943. Note the Colonial Sugar Refinery dead ahead of Growler while her bow points toward Hawthorne across the river.Bullet hole through USS Growler’s main hatch sustained 7 Feb 1943. Photo taken at the New Farm Submarine Base, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, mid-Feb 1943.Bullet holes marked for repair on the fairwater of USS Growler while at the New Farm Submarine Base, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, mid-Feb 1943.USS New Orleans underway from Sydney, Australia after being fitted with a temporary bow because she was struck by a torpedo in the Battle of Tassafaronga that blew off 150 feet of her bow.
USS Growler’s bow with the damaged sections removed prior to a replacement bow being fitted into place at the South Brisbane Drydock, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Apr 1943. Note crumpled sections.USS Growler’s replacement bow being lowered into place at the South Brisbane Drydock, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Apr 1943.USS Growler departing Brisbane, Queensland, Australia with her freshly refitted replacement bow, 5 May 1943. Note deck gun forward of the conning tower when it had been aft prior to this refit.MGen A. Vandegrift, Col M Edson, 2Lt M. Paige, and Plt. Sgt. J. Basilone at US 1st Marine Division Medal of Honor ceremony, Balcombe, Australia, 21 May 1943, photo 1 of 2
USS Growler’s bow with the damaged sections removed prior to a replacement bow being fitted into place at the South Brisbane Drydock, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Apr 1943. Note crumpled sections.USS Growler’s replacement bow being lowered into place at the South Brisbane Drydock, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Apr 1943.USS Growler departing Brisbane, Queensland, Australia with her freshly refitted replacement bow, 5 May 1943. Note deck gun forward of the conning tower when it had been aft prior to this refit.MGen A. Vandegrift, Col M Edson, 2Lt M. Paige, and Plt. Sgt. J. Basilone at US 1st Marine Division Medal of Honor ceremony, Balcombe, Australia, 21 May 1943, photo 1 of 2
MGen A. Vandegrift, Col M Edson, 2Lt M. Paige, and Plt. Sgt. J. Basilone at US 1st Marine Division Medal of Honor ceremony, Balcombe, Australia, 21 May 1943, photo 2 of 2Code talkers Private 1st Class Preston Toledo and Private 1st Class Frank Toledo, cousins, of US 11th Marine Regiment at Ballarat, Australia, Jul 1943Ed Dyess, Melvyn McCoy, Douglas MacArthur, and Stephen Mellnik in Brisbane, Australia, 30 Jul 1943Jim Helton, engineer of B-17 bomber
MGen A. Vandegrift, Col M Edson, 2Lt M. Paige, and Plt. Sgt. J. Basilone at US 1st Marine Division Medal of Honor ceremony, Balcombe, Australia, 21 May 1943, photo 2 of 2Code talkers Private 1st Class Preston Toledo and Private 1st Class Frank Toledo, cousins, of US 11th Marine Regiment at Ballarat, Australia, Jul 1943Ed Dyess, Melvyn McCoy, Douglas MacArthur, and Stephen Mellnik in Brisbane, Australia, 30 Jul 1943Jim Helton, engineer of B-17 bomber 'Sally', posing with a rebuilt A6M3 Zero fighter, Eagle Farm Airport, Brisbane, Australia, 12 Aug 1943; 'Sally' in background

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