Photo #: NH 59864
Destroyer Squadron 23
Officers of the squadron enjoy a beer at "Cloob Des-Slot",
Purvis Bay, Solomon Islands, on 24 May 1944.
Those present are (from left to right):
Commander R.A. Gano, Commanding Officer, USS Dyson (DD-572);
Commander Luther K. Reynolds, Commanding Officer, USS Charles
Ausburne (DD-570);
Captain Arleigh A. Burke, Squadron Commodore;
Commander
B.L. Austin, Commander Destroyer Division 46;
Commander D.C. Hamberger, Commanding Officer, USS Converse
(DD-509);
Commander Herald Stout, Commanding Officer, USS Claxton
(DD-571); and
Commander Henry J. Armstrong, Commanding Officer, USS Spence
(DD-512).
Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of Admiral
Arleigh A. Burke, USN.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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