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Flag officers aboard USS Enterprise being welcomed back to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 5 Feb 1942 after the Marshalls-Gilberts Raids. VAdm William Halsey (center) with RAdm’s Aubrey Fitch and Raymond Spruance at each end.Raymond Spruance, Chester Nimitz, and Holland Smith at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, Oct 1943Vice Admiral Raymond Spruance awarding Purple Heart to USMC Corporal John K. Galuszka aboard a hospital ship, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 17 Dec 1943. Corporal Galuszka had been wounded during the Gilberts Operation.Admiral Raymond Spruance and Admiral Chester Nimitiz aboard USS New Jersey, date unknown, photo 1 of 4
Flag officers aboard USS Enterprise being welcomed back to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 5 Feb 1942 after the Marshalls-Gilberts Raids. VAdm William Halsey (center) with RAdm’s Aubrey Fitch and Raymond Spruance at each end.Raymond Spruance, Chester Nimitz, and Holland Smith at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, Oct 1943Vice Admiral Raymond Spruance awarding Purple Heart to USMC Corporal John K. Galuszka aboard a hospital ship, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 17 Dec 1943. Corporal Galuszka had been wounded during the Gilberts Operation.Admiral Raymond Spruance and Admiral Chester Nimitiz aboard USS New Jersey, date unknown, photo 1 of 4
Admiral Raymond Spruance and Admiral Chester Nimitiz aboard USS New Jersey, date unknown, photo 2 of 4; note Robert Elliott in background, touching faceAdmiral Raymond Spruance and Admiral Chester Nimitiz aboard USS New Jersey, date unknown, photo 3 of 4Admiral Raymond Spruance and Admiral Chester Nimitiz aboard USS New Jersey, date unknown, photo 4 of 4; note Robert Elliott in background, with cameraNimitz, Fletcher, Spruance, and others, CinCPacHQ, Pearl Harbor, 1944
Admiral Raymond Spruance and Admiral Chester Nimitiz aboard USS New Jersey, date unknown, photo 2 of 4; note Robert Elliott in background, touching faceAdmiral Raymond Spruance and Admiral Chester Nimitiz aboard USS New Jersey, date unknown, photo 3 of 4Admiral Raymond Spruance and Admiral Chester Nimitiz aboard USS New Jersey, date unknown, photo 4 of 4; note Robert Elliott in background, with cameraNimitz, Fletcher, Spruance, and others, CinCPacHQ, Pearl Harbor, 1944
Spruance aboard Indianapolis, circa 1944-1945Spruance, Conolly, Forrestal, Schmidt, Smith, Moreel, Carlson, and Pownall at Kwajalein Atoll, Feb 1944, photo 1 of 2Spruance, Conolly, Forrestal, Schmidt, Smith, Moreel, Carlson, and Pownall at Kwajalein Atoll, Feb 1944, photo 2 of 2Spruance and Nimitz at Kwajalein Island, 5 Feb 1944
Spruance aboard Indianapolis, circa 1944-1945Spruance, Conolly, Forrestal, Schmidt, Smith, Moreel, Carlson, and Pownall at Kwajalein Atoll, Feb 1944, photo 1 of 2Spruance, Conolly, Forrestal, Schmidt, Smith, Moreel, Carlson, and Pownall at Kwajalein Atoll, Feb 1944, photo 2 of 2Spruance and Nimitz at Kwajalein Island, 5 Feb 1944
Admiral Raymond Spruance with the day’s two honorees, Rear Admiral Robert Giffen who had just received the Legion of Merit and Rear Admiral John Dale Price who had just received the Distinguished Flying Cross, early 1944Admiral Raymond Spruance (left) speaking with Captain Carl Holden, commanding officer of USS New Jersey on the New Jersey’s foredeck at Majuro, Marshall Islands, 8 Apr 1944. Admiral Nimitz was also on board.Spruance, portrait, 23 Apr 1944Raymond Spruance and Holland Smith at Charan Kanoa, Saipan, Mariana Islands, 10 July 1944
Admiral Raymond Spruance with the day’s two honorees, Rear Admiral Robert Giffen who had just received the Legion of Merit and Rear Admiral John Dale Price who had just received the Distinguished Flying Cross, early 1944Admiral Raymond Spruance (left) speaking with Captain Carl Holden, commanding officer of USS New Jersey on the New Jersey’s foredeck at Majuro, Marshall Islands, 8 Apr 1944. Admiral Nimitz was also on board.Spruance, portrait, 23 Apr 1944Raymond Spruance and Holland Smith at Charan Kanoa, Saipan, Mariana Islands, 10 July 1944
King, Nimitz, and Spruance aboard USS Indianapolis,18 Jul 1944Admiral Raymond Spruance, Admiral Ernest King, Admiral Chestaer Nimitz, and Major General Sanderford Jarman at Saipan, Mariana Islands, 1944Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, Lieutenant General Holland M. Smith, Major General Henry L. Larsen, and Major General Roy S. Geiger, Orote Peninsula, Guam, Mariana Islands, 1 Aug 1944Geiger, Spruance, H. Smith, Nimitz, and Vandegrift at Guam, 11 Aug 1944
King, Nimitz, and Spruance aboard USS Indianapolis,18 Jul 1944Admiral Raymond Spruance, Admiral Ernest King, Admiral Chestaer Nimitz, and Major General Sanderford Jarman at Saipan, Mariana Islands, 1944Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, Lieutenant General Holland M. Smith, Major General Henry L. Larsen, and Major General Roy S. Geiger, Orote Peninsula, Guam, Mariana Islands, 1 Aug 1944Geiger, Spruance, H. Smith, Nimitz, and Vandegrift at Guam, 11 Aug 1944

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