Caption: KNOX HONORS ROSENDAHL--NAVY SECRETARY FRANK-KNOX INSPECTES THE NAVY CROSS HE PINNED ON REAR ADMIRAL CHARLES E. ROSENDAHL'S BLOUSE TODAY, AN AWARD FOR ROSENDAHL'S EXTRAORDINARY HEROISM AS COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE USS M INNEAPOLIS DURING THE BATTLE OF LUNGA POINT, NOV.30, 1942. IT WAS THE FIRST DISCLOSURE THAT THE NAVY'S OUTSTANDING AIRSHIP EXPERT, WHOSE HOME IS AT CLEBURNE, TEX., HAD COMMANDED THE CRUISER DURING HIS TOUR OF SEA DUTY PRIOR TO HIS REGENT RETURN TO WORK WITH AIRSHIPS ASHORE.
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