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Good Luck Dinner Before the Makin Island Raid

2015-47
Accession Number
2015-47
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
Printer-Friendly Version
NAID 350898552
Related Collection
Parks, Lewis S. Papers
Keywords
Cake
Marines
Naval officers
Sailors
Submarines (Ships)
World War, 1939-1945
People Pictured
Carlson, Evans Fordyce, 1896-1947
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U.S. Navy

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Description
The night before the raid on Makin Island, the submarine chefs wished the Marine Raiders "good luck" with a decorated cake. Lieutenant Colonel Evans F. Carlson, Raider chief, cuts the first piece as Lieutenant Commander C. L. Hogan (right) and Lieutenant Commander William Brockman (left) look on while unidentified others stand watching. The photograph is included in Lewis Parks's photo album entitled "Submarine Pictures W. War II."
Date(s)
August 16, 1942