80-G-35669:  Appendectomy performed onboard USS Silversides (SS-263) while the ship was engaged in war patrol in enemy controlled waters, December 22, 1942.  Shown:  PM1 Thomas A. Moore is shown performing an appendectomy on fellow crew member FM2 George M. Platter, left to right in the wardroom where the operation was performed are:  Moore; Robert Danko; R. Detmers; and Richard Stegall.  Moore is cutting the appendix away from the colon.  Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.  (2017/06/13).
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