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Description: Photo #: NH 47036 President Franklin D. Roosevelt Seated in an automobile, while touring the Mare Island Navy Yard in 1942. With him are Vice Admiral John W. Greenslade, Commander 12th Naval District, and Rear Admiral Wilhelm L. Friedell, Commandant Mare Island Navy Yard. Secret Servicemen are on duty around the car. In the background is the Japanese midget submarine HA-19, which had been captured on 8 December 1941, immediately after the attack on Pearl Harbor. During World War II, it was taken around the country on War Bond tours. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.
Title: Greenslade with Roosevelt and Japanses Midget Sub
Credit: http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-fornv/japan/japsh-h/ha19-g.htm
Author: US Navy
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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