Luncheon celebrating the launching of the S.S. Ernie Pyle, sponsored by Babette Johnson
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- 1945-06-25
Part of Al Monner news negatives
People attend a luncheon (at Columbia house?) to celebrate the launch of the S.S. Ernie Pyle, from Kaiser Company shipyard, Vancouver. The ship sponsor, Babette Johnson, niece of Ernie Pyle, attended. Behind the upper table is a background showing soldiers holding up an American flag. A photograph from this series was published in the Oregon Journal on Tuesday, June 26, 1945 (negative 7 of 16).
Monner, Al (Alfred Anthony), 1909-1998