The liner President Coolidge, on which the 172nd Combat Team was being transported, struck two US planted mines in the harbor of Espiritu Santo on October 26, 1942. The top photo is one of The USS President Coolidge before the incident. I don't know why the scanner cut off the bottom of this page. There is actually a wider bottom margin on the original.
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July 10, 2006