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428-GX-K-31462: USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), 1966

428-GX-K-31462: USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), 1966. Navy heads are bowed in prayer on board USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) during memorial services for airman lost in combat over Vietnam. The services include presentations of the colors, the National Anthem, reading of scriptures, the Navy Hymn, a 21-round volley by the ship’s saluting battery, and taps. Both Catholic and Protestant chaplains officiate the war’s most solemn occasion. Photographed by PH1 W. M. Powers, 14 April 1966. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collection of the National Archives. (2014/5/1). Original negative is color.
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Caption: USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), 1966. Navy heads are bowed in prayer on board USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) during memorial services for airman lost in combat over Vietnam. The services include presentations of the colors, the National Anthem, reading of scriptures, the Navy Hymn, a 21-round volley by the ship’s saluting battery, and taps. Both Catholic and Protestant chaplains officiate the war’s most solemn occasion. Photographed by PH1 W. M. Powers, 14 April 1966. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collection of the National Archives. (2014/5/1). Original negative is color.
Accession #: 428-GX-K-31462
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