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NH 49209 Lieutenant William Preston Griffin, USN

Lieutenant William Preston Griffin, USN
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Title: Lieutenant William Preston Griffin, USN
Caption: A New York Herald Tribune article, with pictures of Lieutenant Griffin and Captain James Lawrence. The article points out that Griffin's portrait had hung at the Naval Academy Museum for 50 years, all the while mislabeled as Captain Lawrence of "don't give up the ship" fame.
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Catalog #: NH 49209
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
Original Creator: Published in the New York Herald Tribune
Original Date: Fri, Aug 19, 1938
After this Year: 1930
Before this Year: 1939
Original Medium: Newspaper Article
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