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NH 49938: Odenwald Incident, November 6, 1941

Odenwald Incident, 6 November 1941LC-Lot-801-38: Guadalcanal Campaign, August 1942 – February 1943. Foliage Camouflages Guadalcanal Tower. Lieutenant Colonel Wright C. Taylor, USMC, looking over the situation from aloft on a look-out tower on the beach at Guadalcanal. U.S. Marine Corps Photograph. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2015/11/06)., view shows boarding party from USS Omaha (CL-4), heading towards the Willmoto (Odenwald), which had been ordered to heave to. Note crew is armed with Thompson sub-machine gun. NHHC Photograph Collection, NH 49938.
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Caption: Odenwald Incident, November 6, 1941, view shows boarding party from USS Omaha (CL-4), heading towards the Willmoto (Odenwald), which had been ordered to heave to. Note crew is armed with Thompson sub-machine gun.
Accession #: NH 49938
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