Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Collection |
Congleton Collection |
Accession # |
2008-40-32 |
Description |
USS COBIA crew in Majuro on August 14, 1944 posed with battle flag. George Hyde is the man with the beard, standing and wearing no shirt. In the first row of men who are standing, Vance Combs (?) may be the man who is third from the right, wearing a white shirt and dark shorts. Front row seated (left to right): Robert Gast, Lester Davis, Joseph Sibley (wearing hat), Albert Becker, Sidney Henderson, Montrose McCormick (wearing jungle hat), James Marion, William S.C. Henry (wearing officer's hat), Morris Landon (wearing dark hat), John Tufts. Second row seated or kneeling: Joseph Campagna (full beard), [unknown], [unknown], Charles Rohrwasser (cigarette), Thomas Matthews, James McConnell or W. Congleton (partially visible behind Matthews), Clifford Dargan, [unknown] (white shirt), Raymond Asselin (partially visible behind Marion), Harry Fitch?, Russell Donan, Frederick Turner (wearing hat). Third row standing: Edward Bryant, George Hyde (shirtless), [unknown], Eugene McGuire (wearing cap), Harvey Guelzow (wearing white cap), Harry Flagg (wearing cap), Kenneth Higdon (full beard behind flag), William Kratohvil, Alden Davis (white cap), Robert DeVey (holding end of flag), Harry Donahue (shirtless), Fred Mink, Robert Kutzleb (white cap), Robert Harris (white shirt), Frederick Young, William Atterberry. Back row standing: Walter Madden or John Sullivan (white hat), Einar Ferro (white cap), Walter Madden?, Red Denton, Charles Shea (white shirt), James Morris or Howard Myers (dark cap), John Nelson, Robert Anderson (bald), Vance Combs, Julius Repecko (wearing Navy hat), Tom Brotchie (beard), [unidentified] (light hair), Sam Chiovoloni (hat), Richard Mattie. |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Date |
08/14/1944 |
Place |
Majuro |
Size of original |
4" x 5" |
Search Terms |
COBIA Navy, U.S. submarine World War II |
People |
Hyde, George T. Combs, Vance Gast, Robert R. Davis, Lester H. Sibley, Joseph J. Becker, Albert Lily Henderson, Sidney E. Jr. McCormick, Montrose G. Marion, James P. Jr. Henry, W.S.C. Landon, Morris F. Tufts, J.M. Campagna, Joseph V. Rohrwasser, Charles F. Mathews, Thomas W. Tregoning, Clyde Mercer McConnell, James T. Dargan, Clifford T. Young, Frederick H. Asselin, Raymond R. Fitch, Harry J. Turner, Frederick V. Bryant, Edward Lavern Donan, Russell Hyde, George T. McGuire, Eugene J. Guelzow, Harvey William Flagg, Harry A. Higdon, Kenneth P. Kratohvil, William J. Davis, Alden R. DeVey, Robert E. Donahue, Harry J. Mink, Fred G. Kutzleb, Robert E. Harris, Robert Atlas Young, Frederick H. Atteberry, William L. Guelzow, Harvey William Sullivan, John Henry Ferro, Einar J. Madden, Walter C. Myers, Howard C. Denton, Benjamin H. Shea, Charles A. Morris, James Nelson, John C. Anderson, Robert D. Combs, Vance Repecko, Julius J. Brotchie, Thomas H. Chiovoloni, Sam S. Mattie, Richard F. Madden, Walter C. |
Credit line |
Donated in memory of Wilmer Congleton (John W. Congleton, Jr.) |
Provenance |
Belonged to John (Wilmer) Congleton, Jr., an Electrician's Mate (EM) on the crew of the USS COBIA during World War II. He served on war patrols 1 through 6. His son, John Congleton III, donated this item to the Museum in 2008. |