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NH 62448 Admiral Nimitz Awards Commendation Letters to Servicemen aboard USS ENTERPRISE

Admiral Nimitz Awards Commendation Letters to Servicemen aboard USS ENTERPRISE
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Title: Admiral Nimitz Awards Commendation Letters to Servicemen aboard USS ENTERPRISE
Caption: Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, CINCPAC, awards commendation letters to Gene Aldrich, RM3c, A.J. Pastula, AOM2c, and H.F. Dixon, Aviation Chief Machinist Mate, survivors of a 34-day rubber raft voyage of 750 miles to Pukapuka Island after their torpedo plane from USS ENTERPRISE splashed and sank, March 1942. The officer behind and to the right of Admiral Nimitz is Vice Admiral William F. Halsey, USN. The ship was at Pearl Harbor for the ceremony.
Description: Courtesy of Fleet Admiral Nimitz
Catalog #: NH 62448
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
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After this Year: 1940
Before this Year: 1949
Original Medium: BW Photo
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