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Description
Photo shows a dramatic scene in San Francisco when Commander Bruce McCandles (R) explains to Mrs. J.J. Raby, wife of Admiral Raby and aunt of Rear Admiral Daniel Callaghan, deceased, and C.W. Callaghan (C), father of the Rear Admiral, how the Navy Task Force Commander was killed when his cruiser San Francisco battled and defeated a Japanese Battleship during a fight in the Solomon Island area.
