Keywords: MerrillNavyCross.jpg Rear Admiral Aaron S Merrill USN Receives the Navy Cross medal from Vice Admiral Aubrey W Fitch in ceremonies held on the after deck of USS Montpelier CL-57 11 December 1943 Probably taken in Tulagi Harbor Solomon Islands Official U S Navy Photograph now in the collections of the National Archives 80-G-K-2432 http //www navsource org/archives/04/04057 htm Removed caption read Photo 80-G-K-2432 RAdm A S Merrill receives the Navy Cross on board USS Montpelier Dec 1943 PD-USGov Battle of Empress Augusta Bay World War II color photographs of the Pacific War USS Montpelier CL-57 Aubrey Fitch Aaron S Merrill |