Keywords: USS Kansas (BB-21) Christmas Eve.jpg USS Kansas BB-21 Print after a sketch by T Dart Walker entitled Christmas Eve in the United States Navy Its original caption reads Giving the famous Highland toast and song for sweethearts and wives Wherever Uncle Sam's fighting ships are stationed throughout the world it is the custom of the officers to rise as here depicted at the conclusion of the Christmas Eve festivities in honor of the absent home folks This sketch was made by the noted marine artist T Dart Walker while crossing the Arabian Sea on board the battleship 'Kansas' http //www history navy mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-k/bb21 htm 1908 T Dart Walker PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Kansas BB-21 Sailors from the United States Navy |