[Joanne Jones With Flowers at the Launching the U.S.S. Herbert C. Jones]
Description:
A photograph of Mrs. Joanne Jones standing in front of bow of U.S.S. Herbert C Jones, the destroyer escort named for her husband Ensign Herbert C. Jones, who had been posthumously awarded the MOH for valor at Pearl Harbor, during the ships launching ceremony. She is wearing an animal printed fur hat that matches the collar and front pocket of her long-sleeved black dress. In her arms is a large bouquet of flowers wrapped in ribbon.
Date:
February 1943
Creator:
Business Men's Studio
Item Type:
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Partner:
National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation