File:80-G-20824 Captain Daniel J. Callaghan, USN.jpg

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English: Photographed on the bridge of USS San Francisco (CA-38), circa 1941-1942. As a Rear Admiral, with San Francisco as his flagship, he led U.S. Navy task force during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, 12-13 November 1942, and was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his extraordinary heroism in that action. Note Callaghan's cloth-covered binoculars, and the pelorus at left. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Date circa 1941–1942
Source https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/us-people/c/callaghan-daniel-j/80-g-20824.html
Author U.S. Navy
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