Title
Warren Tucker Receives Commendation
Description
A black and white photo of Warren Tucker being congratulated by Captain Walter Boone during a ceremony on the USS Yorktown (CV-10) flight deck. The ceremony is for the ship's Photographers Mates receiving a commendation from Commander in Chief Pacific Fleet Headquarters (CINCPAC) for their exemplary action photographs on April 24, 1945.
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.
From the Collection of Warren Tucker.
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.
From the Collection of Warren Tucker.
Accession #
2024.3
