Official christening ceremony for the MSC (Military Sealift Command) strategic heavy lift ship USNS RED CLOUD (T-AKR 313) at NASSCO (National Steel and Shipbuilding Company) shipyard. Posing for the camera are Ms. Tris Yellow Cloud, Matron of Honor; Mrs. Annita Red Cloud, ship's Sponsor. The vessel is named in honor of Annita Red Cloud's father, US Army Corporal Mitchell Red Cloud Jr., posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry on November 5th, 1950, for actions at Chonghyon, Korea, while serving in the 24th Infantry Division
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: San Diego
State: California (CA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: Unknown
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
07/08/1990
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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