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Printed black and white photograph of sailors in dress white uniforms standing at attention ove…
Memorial Service for the Men Killed in Gun Tub 10
Printed black and white photograph of sailors in dress white uniforms standing at attention ove…
Printed black and white photograph of sailors in dress white uniforms standing at attention over the flag wrapped bodies of the members of Gun Tub 10 killed in an attack

Memorial Service for the Men Killed in Gun Tub 10

Object NamePhotograph
DateOctober 29, 1944
Mediumphotographic paper
ClassificationsCommunication Artifacts
Credit LineCollection of the Intrepid Museum. P00.2012.01.86
Object numberP00.2012.01.86
DescriptionPhotograph, Black and white; Official horizontal image of two rows of sailors in dress white uniforms standing over the flag wrapped bodies of the members of Gun Tub 10 killed in the kamikaze attack on USS Intrepid on October 29, 1944. The front row of sailors are light-skinned and the second row of sailors are dark-skinned. The memorial service, to be followed by burial at sea, is taking place in the hangar deck. There is a group of other crewmembers watching in the background. There is a white border around the image.

Caption on reverse "NYT-122091-02 // Victims of the first kamikaze attack are buried at sea from // USS INTREPID. // On October 29, 1944, the INTREPID was the first of the fleet // carriers to be hit by a Japanese kamikaze. // The plane crashed into Gun Tub #10 and killed most of // the black stewards mates who had volunteered to man the guns. // It was a segregated Navy back in 1944 but these blacks were // given the honor of the "gunners" mates burial service by // white gunners in recognition of their bravery."

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