Photo #: 208-N-5203
Lieutenant Howell M. Forgy, USN(ChC)
Photograph taken circa 1942-43. He is credited with originating
the phrase "Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition"
while encouraging sailors in action during the Pearl Harbor attack,
7 December 1941. Soon thereafter, it became the title and
theme of a popular song.
Photograph from the Office of War Information collection in
the U.S. National Archives.
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