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80-G-55413: USS Buck (DD-420), 1943

80-G-55413: USS Buck (DD-420), 1943. The Captain and Chief Wireless Operator of an Italian submarine destroyed by USS Buck (DD 420) converse with their captors, the morning after the sinking at Licata, Sicily. Left to right: QMC Miles J. Vrandenburg; Lieutenant Commander Millard J. Klein, Commanding Officer of USS Buck (DD-420); Lieutenant Leo Masina, the submarine’s Captain; Lieutenant Commander George S. Lambert, Executive Officer; Italian Chief Wireless Operator Danilo Surino; and Lieutenant Junior Grade Robert P. Lance, tracking officer. Photograph received November 11, 1943. Probably the Italian submarine Argento. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2015/4/28).
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Caption: USS Buck (DD-420), 1943. The Captain and Chief Wireless Operator of an Italian submarine destroyed by USS Buck (DD-420) converse with their captors, the morning after the sinking at Licata, Sicily. Left to right: QMC Miles J. Vrandenburg; Lieutenant Commander Millard J. Klein, Commanding Officer of USS Buck (DD-420); Lieutenant Leo Masina, the submarine’s Captain; Lieutenant Commander George S. Lambert, Executive Officer; Italian Chief Wireless Operator Danilo Surino; and Lieutenant Junior Grade Robert P. Lance, tracking officer. Photograph received November 11, 1943. Probably the Italian submarine Argento. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2015/4/28).
Accession #: 80-G-55413
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