Photo #: NH 52689
USS Wichita (CA-45)
Five brothers who served on board the ship in 1941. The original
caption released with this photograph reads:
"Five Brothers in service aboard USS WICHITA".
"Five Horton brothers, of Yemassee, South Carolina, who
enlisted in the United States Navy at the recruiting station,
Charleston, So. Car., and are now serving aboard the cruiser,
USS WICHITA. They are (l to r standing) Edmund, Hal and John;
(l to r kneeling) William and Thomas. Their father, Thomas Daniel
Horton, operates a general merchandise store at Yemassee, So.
Car."
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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