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NH 104263 "Leaders of the Central Pacific Campaign"

Photo #: NH 104263 "Leaders of the Central Pacific Campaign"
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Description: Photo #: NH 104263 Leaders of the Central Pacific Campaign Admiral C.W. Nimitz, USN, Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas, and his subordinate Army, Navy and Marine Corps Officers who are directing Central Pacific operations, are shown while inspecting Army troops who are participating in corrent operations. (quoted from the original 1943 vintage picture caption). Photographed on board an attack transport (probably USS Leonard Wood, APA-12) in November 1943. The officers in the front row are identified in Photo # NH 104263 (complete caption). Collection of Vice Admiral Robert C. Giffen, USN. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.
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