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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 75348

USS Sanctuary (AH-17)


Commander William VanC. Brandt, USNR, Commanding Officer, welcomes "King Neptune", the King's Royal Court and "Davey Jones" on board in mid-Pacific for the trial of "Public Enemy Number One" and a V-J Day celebration, 15 August 1945.
Note life rafts at top, marked with hospital ship red crosses and green stripes.

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25 February 1999