80-G-299183
Dressed in their best and gathered in the wardroom of USS Tabberer after the Typhoon Cobra rescue are seated (left to right): LT Robert M. Surdam, USNR; LCDR Henry L. Plage, USNR, and LT Howard L. Korth, USNR. Standing, (left to right): TM1/C Robert Lee Cotton and BM1/C Louis Anthony Purvis. This photo was likely taken on 29 December 1944 during Halsey’s visit to the battered ship at Ulithi Atoll. 80-G-299183