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NH 57352 Honorable Charles Edison, Secretary of the Navy

Honorable Charles Edison, Secretary of the Navy
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Title: Honorable Charles Edison, Secretary of the Navy
Caption: Is presented with the original commission of JOHN PAUL JONES. Present are (left-right): Admiral Harold R. Stark, USN, Chief of Naval Operations, Captain H.A. Baldridge, USN (ret.), Captain Dudley W. Knox, USN (ret.), Curator for the Department of the Navy, and Secretary Edison, 12 March 1940. As of 1972 the commission is located in JONES's crypt at the US Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland.
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Catalog #: NH 57352
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
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Original Date: Tue, Mar 12, 1940
After this Year: 1940
Before this Year: 1949
Original Medium: BW Photo
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