Congratulatory photo taken 10 Nov 1943 showing United States Navy officers who were decorated for their parts in the USS Card’s Hunter-Killer Atlantic cruises between 27 Jul and 2 Nov 1943. See Comment below for details.Ensign Byron JohnsonField cook Dewitt Waite with a cake he made for USMC birthday celebration, Adams, New York, United States, 10 Nov 1943General Clayton Vogel cutting a cake for the USMC birthday celebration, San Diego, California, United States, 10 Nov 1943
Congratulatory photo taken 10 Nov 1943 showing United States Navy officers who were decorated for their parts in the USS Card’s Hunter-Killer Atlantic cruises between 27 Jul and 2 Nov 1943. See Comment below for details.Ensign Byron Johnson's F6F-3 Hellcat crash landed on Enterprise, 10 Nov 1943Field cook Dewitt Waite with a cake he made for USMC birthday celebration, Adams, New York, United States, 10 Nov 1943General Clayton Vogel cutting a cake for the USMC birthday celebration, San Diego, California, United States, 10 Nov 1943
Lieutenant Commander Roy Davenport posing beside USS HaddockMembers of the Commonwealth War Cabinet meeting in the War Cabinet Room, 1st Floor A Block New Wing, Victoria Barracks, Melbourne, Australia, 10 Nov 1943; L to R: Curtin, Sheddon, Chifley, Makin, Drakeford, and DedmanOn the flight deck of USS Card, Admiral Royal E. Ingersoll, Commander-in-Chief Atlantic Fleet, awarding the Navy Cross to Lieutenant Charles Hutchins, Captain of USS Borie, for actions against German U-405.Text of the Presidential Unit Citation awarded to the ships and men of USS Card, Barry, Borie, Goff, and air units Composite Squadrons One and Nine for actions against German submarines in 1943.
Lieutenant Commander Roy Davenport posing beside USS Haddock's conning tower, 10 Nov 1943Members of the Commonwealth War Cabinet meeting in the War Cabinet Room, 1st Floor A Block New Wing, Victoria Barracks, Melbourne, Australia, 10 Nov 1943; L to R: Curtin, Sheddon, Chifley, Makin, Drakeford, and DedmanOn the flight deck of USS Card, Admiral Royal E. Ingersoll, Commander-in-Chief Atlantic Fleet, awarding the Navy Cross to Lieutenant Charles Hutchins, Captain of USS Borie, for actions against German U-405.Text of the Presidential Unit Citation awarded to the ships and men of USS Card, Barry, Borie, Goff, and air units Composite Squadrons One and Nine for actions against German submarines in 1943.


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