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| Keywords: portrait people 80-G-40674: Photographer’s Mate Third Class Robert F. Read, USNR, was awarded a posthumous letter of commendation for taking striking action photographs while under fire in the Solomon Islands Campaign in August 1942. His citation, from the Secretary of the Navy reads: “For gallant and cool performance of duty under fire in the Solomon Islands Campaign in August 1942. During the early phases of the action he, coolly and deliberately, took excellent action photographs of exploding bombs and crashing enemy aircraft close aboard his ship. Although he and all personnel in his vicinity were subsequently killed on station by a bomb explosion, his camera was not destroyed and the developed photographs are mute testimony of his gallant and courageous performance of duty under fire. He gallantly gave his life in the service of his country. His courage and devotion to duty were in keeping with the highest traditions of the Naval Service.” Photograph released February 1943. U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/06/07). 80-G-40674: Photographer’s Mate Third Class Robert F. Read, USNR, was awarded a posthumous letter of commendation for taking striking action photographs while under fire in the Solomon Islands Campaign in August 1942. His citation, from the Secretary of the Navy reads: “For gallant and cool performance of duty under fire in the Solomon Islands Campaign in August 1942. During the early phases of the action he, coolly and deliberately, took excellent action photographs of exploding bombs and crashing enemy aircraft close aboard his ship. Although he and all personnel in his vicinity were subsequently killed on station by a bomb explosion, his camera was not destroyed and the developed photographs are mute testimony of his gallant and courageous performance of duty under fire. He gallantly gave his life in the service of his country. His courage and devotion to duty were in keeping with the highest traditions of the Naval Service.” Photograph released February 1943. U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/06/07). | ||||
