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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-43065

Rear Admiral John S. McCain
(left)
shakes hands with
Rear Admiral Aubrey W. Fitch

On the occasion of McCain's relief by Fitch as Commander, Aircraft, South Pacific Force, circa 21 September 1942. RAdm. McCain was transferred to Washington, D.C., to become Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics.
The photo may have been taken on board USS Curtiss (AV-4) at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

Online Image: 121KB; 740 x 645 pixels

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23 May 2000