silver print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Mitchell, Carleton
USA, VA, Norfolk; Bermuda; North Africa; Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean
1943
9.50 x 7.50 x 0

Silver print; from photograph album 1996.31.6009; photographed by Carleton Mitchell; shipmaster C.T. Durgin seated at desk on aircraft carrier USS RANGER; during a mission to bring U.S. Army P-40 fighter planes from Norfolk, VA to North Africa; Feb.- March 1943; typed label next to print on album page "Captain C.T. Durgin, USN,/ Commanding Officer, U.S.S./ Ranger"; handwritten on print "With happy memories/ of a pleasant cruise and/ with the wish that we/ will be shipmates again/ C.T. Durgin". Ref: Memo to the U.S. Navy Director of Public Relations from the Officer in Charge, Combat Photography Section (Carleton Mitchell); dated March 18, 1943.

1996.31.6009.2