GM2c Charles J. Hansen, circa summer 1944, aboard USS Missouri (BB-63) during the ships shakedown period. His tatoos commemorate his service on USS Vincennes (CA-44) and shipmates lost with her on 09Aug1942.
Categories: World War II
 
 
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