SOUTH PACIFIC. November, 1943 on board the US aircraft carrier USS Saratoga. Admiral William F. HALSEY enjoys a joke with Commander Joseph CLIFTON at the party at the officers club, Espiritu Santo. Commander CLIFTON was skipper of the fighter plane group attached to the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga. The party was given by Rear Admiral Frederick carl SHERMAN for the officers of the task force that participated in the November raids on Rabaul.