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80-G-40892: “The Cactus Airforce.”

80-G-40892: “The Cactus Airforce.” Marine Aviation Squadrons involved in Guadalcanal Battles. Front row, kneeling and sitting, left to right: First Lieutenant S.K. Ottesen; First Lieutenant A. Christoperson; First Lieutenant C.E. McCullach; Second Lieutenant Augustus L. Arndt; First Lieutenant Jack Cosley; Second Lieutenant H. S. White; First Lieutenant A.L. Jones; First Lieutenant D.L. Cummings; Stinko, the mascot; Captain H.G. Schlendering; First Lieutenant H.E. Cook; and First Lieutenant R.O. Brown. Back row, standing: Second Lieutenant James A. Sullivan; First Lieutenant W.P. Mitchell; First Lieutenant E. P. Thompson; Second Lieutenant T. N. Withrow; First Lieutenant J.A. Etheridge; First Lieutenant Allen Ringblon; Captain Leon M. Williamson; First Lieutenant G.E. Lumpkin Lieutenant J.R. Blain; Second Lieutenant John E. Hays; Second Lieutenant W.J.F. Hacker; First Lieutenant R.D. Bachtel; First Lieutenant George Koutelas; and Second Lieutenant Howard Frazer, March 16, 1943. U.S. Navy Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/12/20).
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Caption: “The Cactus Airforce.” Marine Aviation Squadrons involved in Guadalcanal Battles. Front row, kneeling and sitting, left to right: First Lieutenant S.K. Ottesen; First Lieutenant A. Christoperson; First Lieutenant C.E. McCullach; Second Lieutenant Augustus L. Arndt; First Lieutenant Jack Cosley; Second Lieutenant H. S. White; First Lieutenant A.L. Jones; First Lieutenant D.L. Cummings; Stinko, the mascot; Captain H.G. Schlendering; First Lieutenant H.E. Cook; and First Lieutenant R.O. Brown. Back row, standing: Second Lieutenant James A. Sullivan; First Lieutenant W.P. Mitchell; First Lieutenant E. P. Thompson; Second Lieutenant T. N. Withrow; First Lieutenant J.A. Etheridge; First Lieutenant Allen Ringblon; Captain Leon M. Williamson; First Lieutenant G.E. Lumpkin Lieutenant J.R. Blain; Second Lieutenant John E. Hays; Second Lieutenant W.J.F. Hacker; First Lieutenant R.D. Bachtel; First Lieutenant George Koutelas; and Second Lieutenant Howard Frazer, March 16, 1943. U.S. Navy Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/12/20).
Accession #: 80-G-40892
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