TLS, 1966 May 8 : "at sea, North Atlantic," to Seymour Halpern.

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TLS, 1966 May 8 : "at sea, North Atlantic," to Seymour Halpern.

Rickover here writes an eloquent tribute to George Washington Carver, on letterhead of the USS George Washington Carver nuclear submarine, which was named for the botanist.

3 p. ; 26.5 x 20.5 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6906388

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Halpern, Seymour, 1913-1997

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