Photo #: NH 99136
Makin Island raid, August 1942
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN, Commander in Chief Pacific Fleet
(center, left side to camera) congratulates Lieutenant Colonel
Evans F. Carlson, USMC, Commander, Second Marine Raider Battalion,
(left, wearing garrison cap) during ceremonies on board USS Nautilus
(SS-168), welcoming the raiding party back to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii,
after the Makin raid, 25 August 1942.
Standing between Nimitz and Carlson is Lieutenant General Delos
C. Emmons, U.S. Army, Hawaiian area Army commanding general.
USS Sperry (AS-12) is in the center background.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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