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NH 57960 Airship Hindenburg disaster, 6 May 1937

Photo #: NH 57960 Airship Hindenburg disaster, 6 May 1937
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Title: Airship Hindenburg disaster, 6 May 1937
Description: German Lieutenant Colonel Joachim Breithhaupt places a wreath at the American Legion Chapel, Naval Air Station Lakehurst, New Jersey, on Memorial Day, 31 May 1937. The wreath was laid in memory of those who lost their lives in the crashes of the airships Hindenburg, Macon (12 February 1935) and Akron (4 April 1933). Photograph was received from the Commanding Officer, NAS Lakehurst, on 16 June 1937. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 57960
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