Lieutenant William Manning, Captain Frank Osman and Executive Officer Henry Strauss in officers quarters, SC 668, 1943

black-and-white photograph

Photograph; black-and-white photograph of Lieutenant William Manning, Captain Frank Osman and Executive Officer Henry Strauss in officers quarters of the SC 668 (built 1942), April 15, 1943; from left to right: Lieutenant William Manning, Captain Frank Osman and Executive Officer Henry Strauss, bunk visible in background with curtain partially open; handwritten on back "Lt. William Manning, Frank + myself in conferen-/ ce on weighty affairs of state/ Apr. 15/1943"; from Henry Strauss transcript in Sound Archives: "... the officer's quarters consisted of this one room, with two bunks on one side, upper and lower, and the Capt's bunk on the other side. And two desks and a filing cabinet."