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80-G-K-6424 (Color) Admiral William F. Halsey, USN Image Quality Note:

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Title: (Color) Admiral William F. Halsey, USN Image Quality Note:
Description: Photo #: 80-G-K-6424 () Admiral William F. Halsey, USN (right) Receives a Gold Star in lieu of his fourth Distinguished Service Medal, in ceremonies on board USS Missouri (BB-63) at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 28 September 1945. Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, who presented the medal, is reading the citation on the same spot where the Japanese surrender was signed twenty-six days earlier. Photograph by PhoM2c H. Miller. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives. The original ANSCO color transparency has become quite red, though other colors remain. This color shift has been somewhat corrected in this reproduction.
Catalog #: 80-G-K-6424
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