USS Enterprise CV-6
The Most Decorated Ship of the Second World War

An unidentified officer acknowledges a comment from the MC, during the December 1944 Christmas Eve celebration in Enterprise CV-6's hangar deck. Visible in this photo is Enterprise skipper CAPT Grover B.H. Hall (front row, far left), Carrier Division Seven Commander RADM Matthias Gardner (to right of sitting officer), and Night Air Group Ninety Commanding Officer CDR William I. Martin (second row, between sitting officer and RADM Gardner).