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Official Navy photo postcard of the U.S.S. West Virginia at sea.

1. U.S.S. West Virginia at Sea

Postcard of the U.S.S. West Virginia at sea outside of a city. The photograph was taken before 1941.

2. U.S.S. West Virginia with Another Battleship in Background

Postcard of the U.S.S. West Virginia going under the Brooklyn Bridge.

3. U.S.S. West Virginia Passes Under the Brooklyn Bridge, Ny.

The U.S.S. West Virginia at sea moments after her launch in November 1921, surrounded by support craft. The battleship, nicknamed the "Wee Vee", was commissioned in December 1, 1923.

4. U.S.S. West Virginia Immediately after Launch, Newport News, Va.

5. United States Navy Blimp

6. Naval Vessel US 530 Docked, W. Va.

7. Portrait of an Unidentified Sailor

'Their record:"They helped keep the World safe for Democracy"  Their reward: "In the Hitner Navy Graveyard to be scrapped" '

8. Liberty Ships in Navy Graveyard

From "Beckley U.S.A." by Harlow Warren, p. 495, vol. 2. Lilly was in World War I Navy U.S.S. Delaware.

9. Portrait of Add Lilly of Raleigh County, W. Va.

From "Beckley U.S.A." by Harlow Warren. On back of portrait: "Navy World War II."

10. Portrait of Okie Farley and Wife, Raleigh County, W. Va.

Clifford Kain Condon, in Navy uniform, photograph taken before World War II.

11. Clifford Kain Condon, Pharmacist, United States Navy, from Morgantown, W. Va.

Clifford Kain Condon, dressed in naval uniform. the photograph was taken  before World War II. Condon was captured near Manila by the Japanese in December, 1941 and later died in a POW Camp.

12. Clifford Kain Condon, Pharmacist, United States Navy from Morgantown, W. Va

Candid portrait of husband and wife, Clifford and Eva Condon (standing,right) with unidentified couple. The men are wearing navy dress whites. The photograph was probably taken in the Philippines before the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Clifford Condon was captured by the Japanese in December, 1941 and died in a POW Camp in 1945.

13. Clifford and Eva Condon and Unidentified Couple

United States Armored Coast Defense Vessel "Monterey" fitted with Ward Boilers of 4550 HP built by The Charles Ward Engineering Works in Charleston, West Virginia. The photograph was taken after a national competitive test by U.S. Navy.

14. United States Armored Coast Defense Vessel 'Monterey'

Eugene Holland in his U. S. Navy uniform. Information on p. 143 in "Our Monongalia" by Connie Park Rice. Information with the photograph includes "Courtesy of Ivry Moore Williams".

15. Eugene Holland, United States Navy from Morgantown, W. Va.

Dellacroce is wearing a military uniform, possibly US Navy.

16. Louis Dellacroce of Monongalia County, W. Va.

To the left of "Buzz", formerly known as Jack, is George Hulme. In rear is Tommy Joe Hellems. The group is there for a Hinton High School graduation trip in the spring of 1948."Buzz" Hellems went on to Concord College after high school and later joined the United States Navy, serving on the USS Orion. Eventually returning to his home in Hinton, "Buzz" owned and operated Hellems Cash Store for more than 58 years. He served on the West Virginia State Senate from 1975-1976 and was a former chairman of the Summers County Democrat Executive Committee as well as the former Director of the Nationanl Bank of Summers. He was married to Glenda Hamm Hellems for 51 years until his death on January 9, 2009 at the age of 78.

17. Jennie Lee Johnson & "Buzz" Hellems on the Steps of the Capitol Building in Washington, D. C.

Steam billows from the ship's steam towers. An American flag hangs from a mast in the rear.

18. First U.S.S. West Virginia Traveling Through Unidentified Location

A swarm of sailors are pictured on the ship deck.

19. U.S.S. West Virginia Near Coast of Unidentified Location

The battleship sails through unknown waters. The photograph was taken before America was in World War II.

20. U.S.S. West Virginia in Unidentified Location