Name/Title
A Weary MarineDescription
An artistic, black and white photo of Warren Tucker dressed and made up as a US Marine. Pictured as a war weary Marine, unshaven and smoking a cigarette, the caption on the back reads "Warren Vernon "Bill" Tucker PhoM 3/C 1944, USS Yorktown CV-10, Somewhere in the Pacific". Tucker had originally wanted to enlist in the Marines.Context
Warren "Bill" Tucker was a Photographers Mate in the Naval Aviation Photographic Unit aboard the USS Yorktown (CV-10) during World War II.
Transferred aboard the USS Yorktown in 1944 with no photography experience, Seaman Tucker was assigned to the photo lab and found he had a talent for the work. Tucker received his promotion to Photographers Mate 3/c in 1945 with most of his work documenting the final days of World War II and the beginnings of Occupied Japan.
From the Collection of Warren Tucker.Collection
Warren Tucker CollectionAcquisition
Accession
2024.3Source or Donor
Post Air Airport Military Herritage MuseumAcquisition Method
DonationUpdate Date
June 16, 2025