Vernon Joseph Baker is one of seven African American World War II Medal of Honor recipients to be inducted into the Pentagon's Hall of Heros Monday, January 13 by Army Chief of Staff General Dennis J. Reimer. The Medal of Honor is the highest military award for bravery.
USS Mount Vernon (LSD 39) and USS Sides (FFG 14) steam together off the coast of Japan during Exercise CARAT 2000. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Spike Call.
Builder 3rd Class Sean C. Hull of Mt. Vernon, WA, uses a magnesium float trowel to flatten a freshly poured mix of concrete during a fencing project for the Mobile Mine Assembly Unit on the island of Guam. Petty Officer Hull and the Seabees attached to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Four Zero (NMCB 40) are working on various construction projects throughout the island of Guam. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer?s Mate 3rd Class Lamel J. Hinton
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