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| Fetch? | Row ID | Media | Date | Vessel | Place | Related Places | Inscription/Marks | Subject | Notes | Archive Number |
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| 1 | ![]() | 8/13/1945 | United States. Army Air Forces–Officers.; Richard Bassett (Steamship : 1942).; Saturnia (Steamship : 1927).; University of Arkansas, Fayetteville–Alumni and alumnae. | Officers of the 6478th Bomb Squadron, 410th Bomb Group, are shown on Pier 8, after debarking from the SS RICHARD BASSETT, HR - 731. On the left is 1st Lt. Elmer C. Hessdorfer, O-751657, Yakima, Washington, Bombardier and Navigator. He received his commission at the Bomber School, Roswell, New Mexico, 31 July 1943. He had 680 hours and has flown 42 combat missions. Major James W. Seay, O-649856, Paragould, Arkansas, Acting Commanding Officer of the 647th Bomb Squadron since 1 July 1944: went overseas 23 March 1944, on the SS SATURNIA, from New York to Goureck, Scotland, and his base while overseas was at Gosfield, Essex County, England. He attended the University of Arkansas from 1935 to 1940. Photo taken at S/S of Pier 8, HRPE, Newport News, Va., for Historical purposes. | Shows two officers standing together on an HRPE pier, they are smiling and sharing a conversation. | P0003/01-#L-15217 | ||||
| 2 | No image URL. | Louis De Rochemont Associates | Seafaring life | The story of Louis de Rochemont's Windjammer : __a modern adventure in cinemiracle, including The school of the sea and Sailing a square-rigger __by Alan Villiers ; articles by Elmer C. Rhoden [and others] | LB27418 |
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