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| Description: | Inscribed on back: Secretary 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 a 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 its last graduation on September 15. | Click to see large image |
| Subject: | Souvenirs (Keepsakes) World War, 1939-1945 -- Washington (D.C.) | |
| Person: | Forrestal, James, 1892-1949 David, J. P. | |
| Organization: | United States. Navy. Bomb Disposal School -- History American University (Washington, D.C.) -- History | |
| Date: | 1945-09-12 | |
| Place name: | United States -- District of Columbia -- Washington | |
| Resource type: | Photographs | |
| Creator: | United States. Navy | |
| Original: | 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10 in. | |
| Digital format: | image/jpeg | |
| Language: | English | |
| Collection: | American University History Photograph and Print Collection | |
| Rights: | Reproduction and copyright information regarding this document is available from the American University Library -- University Archives. | |
| Repository: | American University Library -- University Archives | |
| Date available: | 2003-03-27 |