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Printed black and white photograph of two men and a woman at USS Intrepid's first wedding
First Wedding on board USS Intrepid
Printed black and white photograph of two men and a woman at USS Intrepid's first wedding
Printed black and white photograph of two men and a woman at USS Intrepid's first wedding

First Wedding on board USS Intrepid

Object NamePhotograph
DateMay 9, 1944
Mediumphotographic paper
ClassificationsCommunication Artifacts
Credit LineCollection of the Intrepid Museum. P00.2013.01.127
Object numberP00.2013.01.127
DescriptionPhotograph, Black and white; Official vertical image of two men and one woman. The woman, Ann Gargas, is wearing a U.S. Navy WAVES uniform. The man in the middle is wearing a U.S. Navy officer's dress blue uniform. The man on the right, James Patterson, is wearing a U.S. Navy enlisted dress blue uniform with a radioman second class patch. They are standing in a ship space and all are looking directly at the camera. There is a white border around the image.

Caption on back reads: "80-G-241434 9 May 1944 A wedding on Intrepid's deck. Patterson // and his new wife Ann with Chaplain Lt. Cmdr. Donald // Kelly. Catholic Priest from carrier Independence CVL22".

In right hand reverse corner is stamped "Credit National Archives" underneath handwritten is "80-G-241434"
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