Survivors assisted by crewmen of USS Menges DE320. The survivor third from left is Ensign William Jay Hunter, USNR. The coastguardsman fourth from left was killed about two weeks later when Menges struck a mine. US Navy photograph by Combat Photographer Arthur Green, USCG.
Early in the morning of 21 April 1944, USS Menges DE320 and USS Newell DE322 brought the USS Lansdale DD426 survivors to Algiers, Algeria where the Lansdale survivors greeted each other across the railings. US Navy photograph by Combat Photographer Arthur Green, USCG.
Lt. Cdr.Douglas M. Swift, Captain of Lansdale and Lt. Robert L. Morganthau, Executive Officer, on dock at Algiers, 21 April 1944. US Navy photograph by Combat Photographer Arthur Green, USCG.
An injured Lansdale survivor is transported to the US Army Field Hospital, Algiers, Algeria, 21 April 1944. US Navy photograph by Combat Photographer Arthur Green, USCG.
German aviator, who identified himself as UFFZ Arndt Feddersen, was shot down and taken from a pneumatic life raft on 20 April 1944. He is shown leaving USS Menges DE320 under the stare of the crew and some Lansdale survivors. Two dead Lansdale crew members in stretchers are lying on the deck. US Navy photograph by Combat Photographer Arthur Green, USCG.
Part of the 138 Lansdale survivors rescued by USS Menges DE320 disembarking in Algiers, 21 April 1944. Survivors in both Menges and Newell were given what ever clothing the crews could muster up. To these Lansdale sailors who had mounted a heroic fight against the German aircraft, going ashore out-of-uniform didn't matter. Peter Soler, F1c, identified himself as the second man from the top coming down the gangplank. US Navy photograph by Combat Photographer Arthur Green, USCG.
Lt. Robert L. Morganthau (lower left), Executive Officer, USS Lansdale DD426, checks the survivors as they disembark USS Menges DE320 and head for the US Army Field Hospital in Algiers, 21 April 1944. US Navy photograph by Combat Photographer Arthur Green, USCG.
USS Lansdale DD426 survivors and USS Menges DE320 crewmen stand by while two Lansdale dead are carried off Menges, 21 April 1944. Two Lansdale crewmen have identified themselves in the photograph. The man in the upper left with his hand on his hip is Rocco A. Dipaolo, S1c and the man on his right is Patsy V. Moscati, TM2c. US Navy photograph by Combat Photographer Arthur Green, USCG.
A German aviator disembarks USS Menges DE320 as a prisoner of war while crew members and Lansdale survivors look on. US Navy photograph by Combat Photographer Arthur Green, USCG.
German prisoner of war UFFW Peter Gerlich disembarking while Lt. Cdr. F.W. McCabe,USCG, Captain of Menges looks on. US Navy photograph by Combat Photographer Arthur Green, USCG.