Sailors assigned to the Ceremonial Guard for Navy Region Hawaii salute as the National Ensign is presented during an internment servicethe son of a Navy
Summary
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (Sep. 03, 2002) Sailors assigned to the Ceremonial Guard for Navy Region Hawaii salute as the National Ensign is presented to Mr. Bill Johnson. Johnson's father, Robert Veldron Johnson, was a Gunner's Mate who was a USS Utah survivor discharged due to combat-related injuries sustained in 1944. This presentation of the National Ensign is part of a memorial service conducted for the recently deceased veteran, during which his remains were interned aboard USS Utah by a National Park Service dive team in the water below Pearl Harbor's Utah Memorial. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class William R. Goodwin. File# 020903-N-3228G-007
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Date
1944
Location
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Source
U.S. NAVY
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Public Domain