Rear Adm. Hayler (center) relieves “Tip” Merrill (left), 26 March 1944, while Montpelier’s marine detachment stands at attention under the guns of Turret IV. Note the marines wearing Hawley sun helmets. (U.S. Navy Photograph 80-G-232134, National Archives and Records Administration, Still Pictures Division, College Park, Md.)
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<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/m/montpelier-ii.html">Rear admirals Aaron S. Merrill and Robert W. Hayler</a>