Photo #: NH 57960
Airship Hindenburg disaster, 6 May 1937
German Lieutenant Colonel Joachim Breithhaupt places a wreath
at the American Legion Chapel, Naval Air Station Lakehurst, New
Jersey, on Memorial Day, 31 May 1937. The wreath was laid in
memory of those who lost their lives in the crashes of the airships
Hindenburg, Macon (12 February 1935) and Akron
(4 April 1933).
Photograph was received from the Commanding Officer, NAS Lakehurst,
on 16 June 1937.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 99KB; 740 x 595 pixels |
 |