Alabamians aboard USS America

Alabamians aboard USS America

Photograph

Tony Falletta Jr.

Maker
American, 1922–1985

Alabamians aboard USS America

1967
Gelatin silver print with applied color
Overall: 6 9/16 × 8 9/16 in. (16.7 × 21.8 cm)
Gift of Steven and Claudia Schwartz, 2024
Inscriptions Inscribed in pencil on verso, TR: FALL-VNM-02
Typed in black on verso, TL: SN R.M. JENNINGS \ B'HAM NATIVE \ X FILE OTHERS
Stamped in red on verso, BR: JUN 29 1967
Printed on applied label on verso, BC: News staff photo–Tony Falletta \ Alabamians aboard USS America \ Birmingham News Staff Writer Jamie E. Jacobson and Photographer Anthony Falletta \ found a lot of Alabamians aboard the giant attack carrier USS America when they flew \ aboard in the Mediterranean, the first newsmen to visit the carrier after the Middle East \ crisis. Here are three of the state's representatives, whose pictures were sent along with \ another exclusive report from Jacobson's world-girdling tour of today's international hot \ spots. They are, from left, SN R. M. Jennings, Hueytown; SN Henry Clemons, Mobile, and MMFN Charleston Wharton, Birmingham.

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