Change of Command Ceremony (Oldendorf to Rooks), August 30, 1941
Standing by microphone: Capt. Albert Harold Rooks. Standing in front of group, saluting: Capt. Jesse Olderdorf. First row, left to right: Cmdr. Homer Louis Grosskopf, Cmdr. (MC) William A. Epstein, unknown, unknown, unknown, Cmdr. Arthur Laurence Maher, Lt. Cmdr. Richard Hermus Gingras, unknown. Second row, left to right: Unknown, unknown, unknown, Lt. Thomas Benjamin Payne, Lt. Ernest Debbes Hodge, Lt. Robert Burwell Fulton, Lt. John Dietrick Lamade, unknown, unknown. Third row, left to right: Unknown, unknown, Lt. Joseph Francis Dalton, unknown, Lt. Harold Sherwin Hamlin, Jr., unknown, unknown, unknown, Lt. (j.g.) Francis Brooks Weiler, Lt. (j.g.) Kenneth Leon Kollmyer. Fourth row, left to right: Unknown, Ensign Fred Ferguson Mallory, Ensign John Marshall Hamill, unknown, Ensign John Blount Nelson, Ensign Alva Freeman Nethken, Ensign Charles Donovan Smith II, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown. Fifth row, far left: 2nd Lt. Frank E. Gallagher. Standing at rear of group in khaki: Warrant Officer Louis E. Biechlin.
Dates
- Other: August 30, 1941
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 63.0 linear feet
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donors: Joe Kollmyer, Battleship Texas
Repository Details
Part of the University of Houston Libraries Special Collections Repository
University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
MD Anderson Library
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Houston TX 77204-2000 USA
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