Photo #: NH 57333
Acting Secretary of the Navy Charles Edison (left)
Reading Letter of Commendation from President Franklin D. Roosevelt
to several members of the USS Squalus (SS-192) salvage
unit, in his Navy Department offices, 16 September 1939.
The others present are (from left to right):
Commander Charles B. Momsen, USN;
Chief Metalsmith J.H. McDonald, USN;
Chief Torpedoman W.H. Squire, USN;
Ship Fitter First Class H.H. Frye, USN;
Torpedoman First Class J.W. Thompson, USN;
Lieutenant Karl R. Wheland, USN;
Commander Henry Hartly, USN, and
Commander Allan R. McCann, USN.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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