1968 Press Photo Oil rig disaster victim surrounded by Health Service team

Gathered around a burned victim of last week's offshore oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico are members of the disaster team at the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital. From left: Claude Francois; Miss Janice Strand, R.N.; Dr. Charles W. Breaux; Mrs. Lucille R. Taylor, R.N.; director of the nursing department; Dr. Joseph J. Nova, director of surgery at the hospital; Ferdinand Juluke; Dr. Gustavo Colon; and Jimmie Fields.

Photo is dated 1968.

Photo measures 10 x 8 inches.