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Celebrating Christmas with Edwin Denby, Secretary of the Navy and His Son Edwin Denby Jr.

Celebrate a formal Christmas with Edwin Denby, Secretary of the Navy, and his 10-year-old son Edwin Denby Jr. who was tragically killed in WWII. See the 1922 Denby Christmas photo featuring Junior's excitement for his new rifle.
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The family below is celebrating, what appears to be, a very formal Christmas. Look how stiff the father is … he happens to be Edwin Denby, Secretary of the Navy. The 10-year-old boy in this photo — super excited to get the rifle — is Edwin Denby, Jr. On February 11th, 1942, he was killed when his submarine, the USS Shark, was hit by a depth charge and sunk.

Washington, D.C., circa 1922. "Denby Christmas tree." Junior remembers this as the best Christmas ever! His gun-giving dad is Secretary of the Navy Edwin Denby. National Photo Company glass negative.
Washington, D.C., circa 1922. “Denby Christmas tree.” Junior remembers this as the best Christmas ever! His gun-giving dad is Secretary of the Navy Edwin Denby. National Photo Company glass negative.

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