Copy of September 5, 1945 news article RE the Witter

Copy of September 5, 1945 news article RE the Witter

United States. Navy; World War, 1939-1945

A copy of a newspaper article, newspaper not named, dated September 5, 1945 regarding the plane attack on the USS Witter. It reports that the Witter was in the Navy yard in Philadelphia at the time of writing, and relates the events of April 6. It includes a photograph of crewman Bob D. Fanelli, who it names as a Philidelphia resident and former employee at the Bulletin, suggesting this may be from the Philadelphia Bulletin, a daily evening paper that ran from 1847-1982.

Original 1945, copy undated

Ogrodnik Collection

Newspaper clipping

1pp

CPL-OGRODNIK-056