Alonzo A. Swann Navy Cross Ceremony
Object NamePhotograph
Pictured
Alonzo A. Swann Jr.
Association
USS Intrepid (CV/CVA/CVS-11)
DateNovember 3, 1993
PeriodMuseum Era
Mediumphotographic paper
ClassificationsCommunication Artifacts
Credit LineCollection of the Intrepid Museum. P00.2018.06.19
Object numberP00.2018.06.19
DescriptionPhotograph, Color; Vertical image of Alonzo Swann receiving his Navy Cross medal from Admiral Frank B. Kelso II, Chief of Naval Operations. Kelso is pinning the medal onto Swann's jacket. Swann, a Black man, has medium dark skin. He is wearing a dark suit and glasses. Kelso, who has light skin, is wearing a dark blue Navy uniform. A large American flag is in the background. The back of the photograph is stamped, “Harold Heckler // 0847 139 // (212) 472-6565 // (914) 633-3331”. Also on the back is “© 1993 H. Hechler Assoc. // F099 81 0 8 16 UGK4”.On View
Not on view
Alonzo A. Swann Jr.
December 1941–September 1945; 1993
Object number: 00.2014.26
Joseph F. Bolger
December 11, 1944
Object number: P00.2012.01.89
Ernest K. Robinson
ca. 1945
Object number: 2016.78.01
