Launching party for the dock landing ship USS GERMANTOWN (LSD-42), left to right: Sergeant Major R. E. Cleary, USMC; Captain T. Hunter, British Royal Marines; Commander W. J. Metzger, Rear Admiral R. R. Fountain Jr., Rear Admiral L. S. Severance Jr., General P. X. Kelley, Commodore B. R. Boland, Captain J. F. Brennan, Lieutenant Commander R. T. Rockwell, Commander P. W. Brawley, and Captain C. H. Piersall Jr.