Photo #: NH 99137
Makin Island raid, August 1942
Lieutenant Colonel Evans F. Carlson, USMC, Commander Second Marine
Raider Battalion, (left) points out the location of Makin, in
the Gilbert Islands, after his return to Pearl Harbor after the
raid, circa 25 August 1942.
Watching, at right, is Lieutenant Commander William H. Brockman,
Jr., USN, Commanding Officer of USS Nautilus (SS-168),
one of the two submarines that participated in the operation.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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