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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

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.

Online Image: 88KB; 515 x 765 pixels

 

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5 January 2001