Crossing the Line ceremony participants including the court with King Neptune and his Queen Amphitrite aboard the US Navy destroyer USS Maury on 5 May 1942
Gift in Memory of Walter and James Williams
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Crossing the Line ceremony participants including the court with King Neptune and his Queen Amphitrite aboard the US Navy destroyer USS Maury. An African American man is also participating in the court; he holds a milk bottle and appears to wear a diaper. A Caucasian man on the court's left appears to be a priest figure. "U.S.S. Maury (DD401) 5/5/42. A Happy Day or is it?? Walter."' PTO. 5 May 1942
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Walter Williams served in the United States Navy during WWII in the Pacific Theater of Operations. The collection consists of 22 photographs taken during and after WWII of Williams as well as other friends that served in the Army.
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Pacific Ocean
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-0.500
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-91.000
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Initiation rites--Pacific Ocean
Sailors--American--Pacific Ocean