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NH 95743 Commander Carrier Division Seventeen

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Title: Commander Carrier Division Seventeen
Description: Incoming and outgoing ComCarDiv17 with staff officers, on board the Division flagship, circa December 1946. Those present are (from left to right): Lieutenant Lewis L. Poynter, USN; Major James E. Johnson, USMC; Lieutenant Commander Edward J. Drozdz, USN; Rear Admiral Dixwell Ketcham, USN, outgoing ComCarDiv17; Captain Devere L. Day, USN; Rear Admiral John M. Hoskins, incoming ComCarDiv17; Commander Wilmer E. Rawie, USN; Lieutenant Colonel Hamilton Lawrence, USMC, and Lieutenant Commander William Moran, USN. RAdm. Ketcham has written identities above each man. Collection of Vice Admiral Dixwell Ketcham. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 95743
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