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Samuel Strite
Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: August 22, 2017
Caption: Samuel Strite
Additional Description: Hagerstonian Samuel Strite (top row, far right) served as a Lieutenant aboard USS Olympia, which served as Admiral Dewey's flagship in the 1898 Battle of Manila Bay in the Philippines. Dewey opened the battle with his famous statement to the ship's captain “You may fire when you are ready, Gridley.”
Submitted: August 24, 2017, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p395746
File Size: 1.805 Megabytes

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