Chronology of World War II

Monday, May 1

Posing wth Rescued Aircrewmen


Posing wth Rescued Aircrewmen
USS Tang (SS-306). The submarine’s Commanding Officer, Lt-Cmdr Richard H. O'Kane (center), poses with the twenty-two aircrewmen that Tang rescued off Truk during the carrier air raids there on April 29-May 1, 1944. The photograph was taken upon Tang’s return to Pearl Harbor from her second war patrol, in May 1944.