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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-457493

Lieutenant Edward H. ("Butch") O'Hare, USN,
(left) and
Lieutenant Commander John S. Thach, USN

Shaking hands in front of a Grumman F4F "Wildcat" fighter plane at an Oahu air base, circa April-May 1942. Both men were assigned to Fighting Squadron Three (VF-3), of which Thach was Commanding Officer.

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

Online Image: 109KB; 585 x 675 pixels

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25 May 1999