Page 18 - USS South Carolina Keel Laying

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Photograph of Vice Admiral Hyman Rickover introducing Congressman L. Mendel Rivers and Mrs. Margaret (Middleton) Rivers at the keel laying ceremony for the USS South Carolina. Principals and spouses seated on the main stage in the background are (from left) unidentified, Robert Eastman, Mouza (Coutelais-du-Roche) Zumwalt, Vernice "Cam" (Caneer) Holifield, Congressman L. Mendel Rivers, Secretery of the Navy John Chafee, Senator Strom Thurmond, Margaret (Middleton) Rivers, Congressman Chester Holifield, Assistant Secretary of Defense Barry Shillito, Admiral Elmo Zumwalt, Margaret "Peg" Middleton (Rivers) Eastman, Lennis "Bud" Ackerman, and unidentified. The image was removed from an old photograph album.

Gift of Margaret Middleton Rivers Eastman.