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NH 69416 Lieutenant Commander Sherlock Hibbs, USNR Lieutenant Commander Thomas S. Gates, Jr., USNR

Photo #: NH 69416 Lieutenant Commander Sherlock Hibbs, USNR Lieutenant Commander Thomas S. Gates, Jr., USNR
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Title: Lieutenant Commander Sherlock Hibbs, USNR Lieutenant Commander Thomas S. Gates, Jr., USNR
Description: Photo #: NH 69416 Lieutenant Commander Sherlock Hibbs, USNR (behind Santa's microphone) and (to right of microphone) Make merry with toy musical instruments during a Christmas Eve party on board USS Makin Island (CVE-93), 24 December 1944, while the ship was at Manus, Admiralty Islands. Looking on, second from right, is Rear Admiral Calvin T. Durgin, USN. Collection of Vice Admiral Calvin T. Durgin. Donated by his daughter, Mrs. Phyllis Durgin Sherrill, 1969. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.
Catalog #: NH 69416
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