Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Collection |
Huntington Image Collection |
Object ID |
IA.HUN.2022.028 |
Accession Number |
2019.028 |
Title |
USS Leahy, as seen from aboard USS La Salle, October 1980 |
Date |
1980 |
Year Range from |
1980 |
Year Range to |
1980 |
Description |
This image documents the service of Donald Huntington, Jr., a Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC) student, who served aboard several U.S. Navy vessels while temporarily assigned to the Persian Gulf from September 30, 1980 through mid-December 1980 during the Iranian Revolution when several US Embassy employees were held hostage. Huntington graduated from DLIFLC as a Persian-Farsi crypto linguist and his skills were needed during the crisis. He was rotated to several Navy vessels in seaborne exchanges using a cable chair conveyance between ships that the photo set includes. |
Search Terms |
USS Leahy DLG-16 Destroyer Leader Raleigh-class miscellaneous command ship |