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Caption | Captain Dixie Kiefer (right) talking it over with his executive officer Commander Willian O. Burch on the bridge of the USS Ticonderoga during her shakedown cruise, Jun 1944. ww2dbase | ||||||||
Date | Jun 1944 | ||||||||
Photographer | Unknown | ||||||||
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Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy Naval History and Heritage Command | ||||||||
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Identification Code | NH 100259 | ||||||||
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Added By | David Stubblebine | ||||||||
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10 Jun 2019 12:02:52 PM
Dixie Kiefer and Bill Burch had served before. When Kiefer was executive officer of the carrier Yorktown (Yorktown-class) at New Guinea and Coral Sea, Burch was the squadron commander of Scouting Squadron 5 aboard Yorktown. Burch was awarded the Navy Cross once for actions at New Guinea and then again at Coral Sea. He would later get a third Navy Cross for actions aboard Ticonderoga.