Photo #: NH 81648
General Iwane Matsui, Imperial Japanese Army,
Commander of Japanese Expeditionary Forces in the Yangtze Valley
Salutes as he boards USS Isabel (PY-10) at Shanghai, China,
circa January 1938.
Greeting him, with back to camera in center, is Admiral Harry
E. Yarnell, USN, Commander in Chief, U.S. Asiatic Fleet. At left,
also with back to camera, is the Asiatic Fleet's Intelligence
Officer, Lieutenant Commander Henri H. Smith-Hutton, USN.
Note Isabel's deck ventilator and hatch.
Courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Yarnell, 1975.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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