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USS Diploma (MSF 221), ex-AM-221
Crew and Miscellaneous Photos

From the collection of Byron P. Finegan
Courtesy of Scott Finegan

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1. Gangway watch

2. Captain Fred Kull on the bridge

3. Ominato, Honshu, Japan
Beach party (out of focus on right)

4. Ominato, Honshu, Japan
Beach party (Same as photo No. 3 but out of focus on left)

5. Ominato, Honshu, Japan
CT. Glenn, Gus Goffe, Vince O'Hara and A. B. Baxter

6. Japanese Police Station
Ominato, Honshu, Japan
Vince O'Hara, Gus Goffe, C. T. Glenn and Japanese Policemen

7. Ominato, Honshu, Japan
Pete Seyffert with beer can and Japanese antiaircraft gun

8. Ominato, Honshu, Japan
Walt Weismiller and Pete Seyffert

9. John Parsons and Chuck Glenn

10. Pete Seyffert and Captain Fred Kull (two men on right unknown)

11. John Parsons and Chuck Glenn

12. "The Boys" and our Pea-Shooter

13. "The Boys"

14. Oahu, Hawaii
Byron P. Finegan

15.Oahu, Hawaii
Captain Fred Kull

16. R. Oliveras

17. Ominato, Honshu, Japan
Vince O'Hara, C. T. Glenn and A. B. Baxter with Japanese midget submarines in the background

18. c. 1946
Mobile, AL
Unidentified T-2 tanker standing up the Mobile River. Beleive the stern of the ship across the pier is that of USS LCI)G)-422

19. c. January 1946
Light line transfer of movies at sea

20. Hauling in on light line transfer

21. c. 1946
Mobile, AL
Spuds come aboard

22. Ominato, Honshu, Japan
Japanese man in a "Box" boat

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