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Photo #: NH 92843

Senior officers of Destroyer Squadron 23

Have a beer together at "Cloob Des-Slot", Purvis Bay, Solomon Islands, 24 May 1944. They are (from left to right):
Commander R.A. Gano, Commanding Officer, USS Dyson (DD-572);
Commander Luther K. Reynolds, Commanding Officer, USS Charles Ausburne (DD-570);
Captain Arleigh A. Burke, Squadron Commodore;
Commander B.L. Austin, Commander Destroyer Division 46;
Commander D.C. Hamberger, Commanding Officer, USS Converse (DD-509);
Commander Herald Stout, Commanding Officer, USS Claxton (DD-571); and
Commander Henry J. Armstrong, Commanding Officer, USS Spence (DD-512).

Mare Island Naval Shipyard Collection, 1981.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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10 September 2003