Cardinal Spellman on the USS Ticonderoga, 1965

Cardinal Spellman on the USS Ticonderoga, 1965

Off the coast of Vietnam, December 29, 1965

Francis Cardinal Spellman is fitted with appropriate headgear as he tours the deck of the USS Ticonderoga after arriving from Tan Son Nhut Air Base. Spellman, the Archbishop of New York and Apostolic Vicar for the U.S. Armed Forces, celebrated Mass in the ship's hangar bay, ate in the enlisted men's mess, and visited patients in sick bay during his visit.

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