Panama Canal Zone - The Gatun Locks

  

Aircraft Carrier USS Saratoga - 1938

 

The Battleship USS Texas - 1938

  

The Eleanor Boling... Flag ship of Admiral Byrd on his third trip to the South Pole... 1939

  

1939 - The North Star, carrying Byrd's "Snow Cruiser" Gen Van Voorhees greets Admiral Richard E. Byrd at the locks

 

A special thanks  to Grant N. Gilray for the photos on this page.  And thanks to Terry Bender, 1/14th Inf, for making these documents available and for his dedicated efforts to preserve the history of the 14th Infantry Regiment.



1938-39 Panama Canal Zone - The Gatun Locks
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Last modified: May 01, 2015