- Collection:
- Ships for Victory: J.A. Jones Construction Company and Liberty Ships in Brunswick, Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of executive officers and heads of departments of the aircraft carrier Hornet, 1944? Sept. 28]
- Date of Original:
- 1944-09-28
- Subject:
- J.A. Jones Construction Company
Hornet (Aircraft carrier : CV 12)
United States. Navy--Officers
Santa Claus--Georgia--Brunswick
Christmas--Georgia--Brunswick
Shipbuilding industry--Employees
Liberty ships--Georgia--Brunswick
Shipbuilding--Georgia--Brunswick
Shipyards--Georgia--Brunswick
World War, 1939-1945--War work
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Glynn County, Brunswick, 31.14995, -81.49149
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Photograph of the officers of the U.S.S. Hornet, sent as a token of thanks to the workers of the J.A. Jones Construction Company in Brunswick, Georgia, for working without pay on Christmas Day, 1944, as an act of support for Allied military personnel worldwide. In the photograph, nine officers stand in front of a kill chart that reads "Destination Tokyo," and includes strike information for several Pacific campaigns. Based on the height of the officers, the chart appears to be somewhere between ten and twelve feet high. Each destroyed Japanese ship and airplane is represented by a Japanese flag; larger flags seem to correspond with larger hits.
"(center) and present (fourth from left) Executive Officers and Heads of Departments of U.S.S. Hornet, 28 Sept., 19-- in grateful appreciation to the Employees of J.A. Jones Construction Co. Shipyard [illegible] Comm., U.S. Navy [illegible], U.S.S. Hornet"--photograph.
Original photograph scanned by the Brunswick-Glynn County Library. Described by the Digital Library of Georgia as a part of Georgia HomePLACE: an initiative of the Georgia Public Library Service and GALILEO. - Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vsbg_jaj089
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vsbg_jaj089#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vsbg_jaj089/presentation/manifest.json
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of photograph, series, subseries, notebook number, photograph number], J.A. Jones Construction Company collection, Special Collections, Brunswick-Glynn County Library, Marshes of Glynn Libraries, as presented in the Digital Library of Georgia
- Extent:
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Original Collection:
- Photograph held by the Special Collections, Brunswick-Glynn County Library, Marshes of Glynn Libraries, J.A. Jones Construction Company collection, Photographs series, Special Christmas subseries, notebook 2, photograph 2-3.
- Holding Institution:
- Brunswick-Glynn County Library (Ga.). Special Collections
- Rights:
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