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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.

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Image posted 12 November 1999
Caption corrected 1 February 2002