Title
Scrapper Shrapnel
Description
A black and white picture of USS Yorktown (CV-10) mascot "Scrapper Shrapnel." Also called "Scrappy", the dog wears a life vest while sitting in the cockpit of an aircraft. Written on the back is a note from Warren Tucker that reads, "This is the first picture I ever developed."
Collection
Warren Tucker Collection
Context
Warren "Bill" Tucker was a Photographers Mate in the Naval Aviation Photographic Unit aboard the USS Yorktown (CV-10) during World War II.
Transferred aboard the USS Yorktown in 1944 with no photography experience, Seaman Tucker was assigned to the photo lab and found he had a talent for the work. Tucker received his promotion to Photographers Mate 3/c in 1945 with most of his work documenting the final days of World War II and the beginnings of Occupied Japan.
Transferred aboard the USS Yorktown in 1944 with no photography experience, Seaman Tucker was assigned to the photo lab and found he had a talent for the work. Tucker received his promotion to Photographers Mate 3/c in 1945 with most of his work documenting the final days of World War II and the beginnings of Occupied Japan.
Accession #
2024.3
