Participants in the official keel laying ceremony of the MSC (Military Sealift Command) strategic heavy lift ship USNS RED CLOUD (T-AKR 313) pose for a photograph. Left to right are US Navy Rear Admiral William H. Butler, Commander Goddard, Ms. Susan Perkins, Vice Admiral James B. Perkins III, Commander MSC, Mr. Art Diaz and Mr. Richard H. Vortmann, President of NASSCO (National Steel and Shipbuilding Company). The USNS RED CLOUD Is named for US Army Corporal Mitchess Red Cloud Jr., who was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for actions at Chonghyon, Korea, on November 5th 1950, while serving with the 24th Infantry Division of the United States Army
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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
06/07/1998
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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