Oscar L. Miles poses for a photograph aboard his landing craft in the Southwest Pacific Area circa 1943-45
Gift of Oscar Landon Miles, III
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Oscar L. Miles, holding a pair of binoculars, poses for a photograph aboard his landing craft. The ship's compass is to his right. "Sitting in the conning tower. That scowl is unintentional. That's a pelorus [polaris] in front of me. Cap. O.L. Miles, LCI(L) 226." Southwest Pacific Area. Circa 1943-45
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Photographs from the service of Lt. Cmdr. Oscar Landon Miles, III's service.
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Pacific Ocean
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-0.500
Longitude:
-91.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Ships--American--Pacific Ocean
Officers--American--Pacific Ocean
Binoculars--Pacific Ocean
Compasses (Direction indicators)