Uniformed American sailors on deck of PT-518 in England or Scotland, circa 1944
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Uniformed American sailors posing for picture on deck of torpedo boat PT-518; enlisted men wearing Dress Blue Service Uniforms and officers wearing Winter Dress Blue Uniforms. Personal Caption (Front): "RON 35. PT 518." Reverse: "PT 518. Lt. [Lieutenant] (jg) Hutchinson DuBosque - Captain. Wm [William] Shaw - XO [Executive officer]. Miller Bell. Kenneth Cambell. Dennis Freeman. Gerard Hogan. Frank Keller. Robert O' Connor. Robert Pretzel. Charles Philips. Ferris Reid. Wm [William] Rossell. James Sanders." England or Scotland. Circa 1944
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1944
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From the service of James Christian Mountcastle, XO (Executive Officer) of RON 35 (Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 35). He was captain of the boat PT-516 "The Flying Gini." Every photograph in the collection has a stamp on back reading "WWII-1944. PT Boat Squadron 35. Lt. J.C. Mountcastle."
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United Kingdom
Latitude:
54.000
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-4.500
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Group portraits--United Kingdom
Sailors--American--United Kingdom
Military uniforms--American--United Kingdom
Torpedo boats--American--United Kingdom
Military officers--American--United Kingdom