Photo #: NH 70008
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox (left)
Receives a check from John L. Connor, Chairman of the City of
Atlanta, Georgia, War Bond selling campaign, March 1943. The
check, for $63,000,000, represents the amount raised in a bond
selling drive to cover the cost of replacing the cruiser Atlanta
(CL-51), sunk on 13 November 1942 off Guadalcanal. The campaign's
goal of $35,000,000 was greatly exceeded, providing more than
enough to pay for the new cruiser, which became USS Atlanta
(CL-104).
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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