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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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3 March 2004