Merchant marine seaman given military funeral. Merchant honor guards removed the Stars and Stripes from the casket of Herman Sweitzer, one of the merchant marine heroes who was given a full military funeral following the collision of the ammunition ship and tanker off Norfolk. Sweitzer's home was at 501 North Monroe Street, Baltimore

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Merchant marine seaman given military funeral. Merchant honor guards removed the Stars and Stripes from the casket of Herman Sweitzer, one of the merchant marine heroes who was given a full military funeral following the collision of the ammunition ship and tanker off Norfolk. Sweitzer's home was at 501 North Monroe Street, Baltimore

description

Summary

Title and other information from caption card.
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
Temp. note: owibatch4
Film copy on SIS roll 9, frame 1975.

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Date

01/01/1943

place

Location

baltimore

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Source

Library of Congress

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Link

https://www.loc.gov/

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Copyright info

No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html