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NH 62445 Admirals Rowing Across Valetta Grand Harbor

Admirals Rowing Across Valetta Grand Harbor
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Title: Admirals Rowing Across Valetta Grand Harbor
Caption: Extracted lines from San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Dec. 1954. It is rare indeed when you get a crew of crusty admirals pulling together at the oars. Lord Louis Mountbatten, who is seated in the stern of the boat, Valetta Grand Harbor, Malta. He relinquished command of Allied Forces, Mediterranean, to become First Sea Lord of Britain. The admirals who tendered their farewell by rowing him across the bay to HMS SURPRISE, are L to R: Louis Mornu of France, Marco Calamei of Italy, George Zepos of Greece, Sheres Karapiner of Turkey, Peter Cazalet of England, and James Fife of U.S.
Description: Courtesy of Fleet Admiral Nimitz
Catalog #: NH 62445
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
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Original Date: Wed, Dec 15, 1954
After this Year: 1950
Before this Year: 1959
Original Medium: BW Photo
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