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February
7, 1943 - Wahoo returns to Pearl Harbor a celebrity.
Film crews, photographers, brass band and brass hats turned
out for a raucous celebration. |
David
Veder stands watch as starboard lookout, Hank Henderson is
on the bridge, Richard O'Kane on the fairwater afterdeck,
and (left to right) Fred Chisolm, Earl Holman, Alfred Simonetti
and Roy Whiting are at the rails below. Note the string
of victory flags and pennant flying from the SD radar mast
and broom tied to the #2 periscope signifying "clean sweep"
(SJ radar and mast have been censored).Click
image for full view. |
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This
photo of O'Kane and Morton ran on front pages of newspapers
across the country. Years later, when asked about Morton's
words at the captured moment, O'Kane attributed him as saying
"Tenacity, Dick. Stay with 'em 'til they're on the bottom!" |
Another
angle of Dick and Mush. This photo gives a hint of the strain
imposed on Morton by command in combat.Click
image for full view |
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With
word of her success preceding her, the Navy unleashed a victory
hungry press on Wahoo. Here, Captain Morton holds forth
to an eager group of war correspondants at Pearl Harbor. |
Morton
gives details of the Wewak attack to the press. On the wall
is a map of New Guinea, in his hands is a small chart of the
Wewak roadstead. |
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