80-G-43654: Sinking of German U-boat, U-405
![<p>80-G-43654: Sinking of German U-boat, U-405. Lieutenant Chas H. Hutchins, USNR, on the flight deck of USS Card (CVE-11) as Admiral Royal E. Ingersoll, USN, Commander-in-Chief of the Atlantic Fleet, pins on his chest the Navy Cross. Hutchins commanded the heroic USS Borie (DD 215), sinking German submarine U 405 on November 1, 1943. The award was made recently at an East Coast port on the occasion of the conferring of the Presidential Unit Citation on the Card, her air squadrons and her escorting destroyers. Photograph released November 10, 1943. </p>
<p>80-G-43654: Sinking of German U-boat, U-405. Lieutenant Chas H. Hutchins, USNR, on the flight deck of USS Card (CVE-11) as Admiral Royal E. Ingersoll, USN, Commander-in-Chief of the Atlantic Fleet, pins on his chest the Navy Cross. Hutchins commanded the heroic USS Borie (DD 215), sinking German submarine U 405 on November 1, 1943. The award was made recently at an East Coast port on the occasion of the conferring of the Presidential Unit Citation on the Card, her air squadrons and her escorting destroyers. Photograph released November 10, 1943. </p>](/content/history/museums/nmusn/explore/photography/wwii/wwii-atlantic/battle-of-the-atlantic/engagements-german-uboats/1943-attacks-german/1943-november-1-u-405/80-g-43654/_jcr_content/mediaitem/image.img.jpg/1679498417883.jpg)
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