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Photo #: 80-G-K-6424 (Color) Admiral William F. Halsey, USN (right) Receives a Gold Star in lieu of his fourth Distinguished Service Medal, in ceremonies on board USS Missouri (BB-63) at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 28 September 1945. Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, who presented the medal, is reading the citation on the same spot where the Japanese surrender was signed twenty-six days earlier. Photograph by PhoM2c H. Miller. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives. Image Quality Note: The original ANSCO color transparency has become quite red, though other colors remain. This color shift has been somewhat corrected in this reproduction. Online Image: 86KB; 740 x 605 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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3 March 1999