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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-40040 Admiral William F. Halsey, Jr., USN Is sworn in as Commander, South Pacific Force, by his Chief of Staff, Captain Miles H. Browning, 27 November 1942. Note Holy Bible used for the ceremony. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 75KB; 590 x 765 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

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22 December 2000