Shellback Initiation...Crossing the Equator

Uss Bennington CVS-20
Photographed: July, 1968

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Another view of the stockade. When it was all over, each new shellback was issued a wallet sized ID card, and a large, decorative, certificate. I lost the wallet card long ago, but the certificate is framed and proudly displayed in my office at home.

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