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| Keywords: people groupshot monochrome 208-PU-70A-3: Secretary James V. Forrestal Makes Last Inspection of Bomb Disposal School. As a memento of his inspection of the Washington, D.C., Navy Bomb Disposal School at American University, Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal is presented with a humidor and cigarette lighter made from captured enemy equipment by the Officer-in-Charge of the school, Lieutenant Commander J.P. David, USNR. The humidor was made from a Nazi fuse and the lighter which is inside the humidor – from a Japanese hand grenade. The school, scheduled to be decommissioned on September 30, 1945, holds the last graduation on September 15. Photograph released September 12, 1945. Office of War Information Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/03/29). 208-PU-70A-3: Secretary James V. Forrestal Makes Last Inspection of Bomb Disposal School. As a memento of his inspection of the Washington, D.C., Navy Bomb Disposal School at American University, Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal is presented with a humidor and cigarette lighter made from captured enemy equipment by the Officer-in-Charge of the school, Lieutenant Commander J.P. David, USNR. The humidor was made from a Nazi fuse and the lighter which is inside the humidor – from a Japanese hand grenade. The school, scheduled to be decommissioned on September 30, 1945, holds the last graduation on September 15. Photograph released September 12, 1945. Office of War Information Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/03/29). | ||||
