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Lieutenant Commander Dudley Morton and Lieutenant Richard OLieutenant Richard O
Lieutenant Commander Dudley Morton and Lieutenant Richard O'Kane in the conning tower of USS Wahoo during an attack on a Japanese convoy off New Guinea, 26 Jan 1943Lieutenant Richard O'Kane at the periscope of USS Wahoo during an attack on a Japanese convoy near New Guinea, 26 Jan 1943
Lieutenant Commander Dudley Morten (at open bridge) and Lieutenant Richard OLieutenant Commander Dudley Morton and Lieutenant Richard O
Lieutenant Commander Dudley Morten (at open bridge) and Lieutenant Richard O'Kane (left) aboard USS Wahoo, Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, circa 7 Feb 1943Lieutenant Commander Dudley Morton and Lieutenant Richard O'Kane at the bridge of USS Wahoo, Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, 7 Feb 1943
Rear Admiral W. L. Friedell greeting Lieutenant Commander Richard OCommissioning ceremony of USS Tang, Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 15 Oct 1943
Rear Admiral W. L. Friedell greeting Lieutenant Commander Richard O'Kane aboard USS Wahoo at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 29 May 1943; note O'Kane's familyCommissioning ceremony of USS Tang, Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 15 Oct 1943
Officers of USS Tang shortly after commissioning, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 15 Oct 1943Lieutenant Commander Richard O
Officers of USS Tang shortly after commissioning, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 15 Oct 1943Lieutenant Commander Richard O'Kane posing with 22 airmen rescued by USS Tang near Truk, Caroline Islands between 29 Apr and 1 May 1944; photo taken at Pearl Harbor in May 1944
Oil painting of Lieutenant Commander Richard OPortrait of US Navy Commander Richard O
Oil painting of Lieutenant Commander Richard O'Kane aboard USS Tang by artist Commander Albert MurrayPortrait of US Navy Commander Richard O'Kane, 1946
US Navy Commander Richard OSponsor and official party at the launching ceremony of USS Tang (SS-563), Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine, United States, 19 Jun 1951
US Navy Commander Richard O'Kane shaking US President Harry Truman's hand on the lawn of the White House shortly after receiving the Medal of Honor, Washington DC, United States, Mar 1946Sponsor and official party at the launching ceremony of USS Tang (SS-563), Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine, United States, 19 Jun 1951
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"With Germany arming at breakneck speed, England lost in a pacifist dream, France corrupt and torn by dissension, America remote and indifferent... do you not tremble for your children?"

Winston Churchill, 1935


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