Sunday, April 20, 2025

A game of basketball in the forward elevator during operations in the Marianas

 Edward Steichen photography. 























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USS Monterey (CVL-26). A game of basketball in the forward elevator during operations in the Marianas, June-July 1944. Player at left jumping for ball is Lieutenant Gerald Ford, future President of the United States. Photographed by Victor Jorgensen. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives, 80-G-417628.


Source:  https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/museums/nmusn/explore/prior-exhibits/1988/steichen-image-portrait-wwii.html 

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