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Talking It Over After the Raid on Makin Island

2015-46
Accession Number
2015-46
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description

Aboard the submarine that carried them to Makin Island for their surprise raid and back to Pearl Harbor, United States Marine Raider chiefs talk the situation over with Navy officers who cooperated in the successful attack. In the foreground are Lieutenant Commander William Brockman (United States Navy) and Major James Roosevelt (United States Marine Corps). At the right, holding a dispatch case is Lieutenant Colonel Evans F. Carlson, commanding officer of the Marine Raider battalion. Others are unidentified. The photograph is included in Lewis Parks' photo album entitled "Submarine Pictures W. War II."

Date(s)
August 1942