Members of the crew of the heavy cruiser USS Dayton, their shopping completed, wait for the liberty launch at the fleet landing in Izmir, Turkey

Title:: Members of the crew of the heavy cruiser USS Dayton, their shopping completed, wait for the liberty launch at the fleet landing in Izmir, Turkey
Creator:: United States. Navy
Name on Item:: Official U.S. Navy Photograph
Date:: September 1947
Format:: Photographs
Genre:: Photographic prints
Location:: American Legion Museum
Collection (local):: World War II by Combat Photographers
Subjects:: Military personnel
Military life
Shopping
Leisure
Rugs
United States. Navy. Fleet, 6th
Places:: Turkey > İzmir (province) > Izmir
Extent:: 1 photograph : print ; sheet 26 x 21 cm (8 x 10 format)
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Caption: File number: 704773 Hold for release to A. M. newspapers on Saturday, December 27, 1947 AMERICAN SOLDIERS VISIT MEDITERRANEAN PORTS - Sailors of the U. S. Navy Mediterranean Fleet, have frequent opportunities for shore leave in many famous historical ports - ports which have been havens for sailors for centuries. Five in a series of six. Members of the crew of the heavy cruiser USS DAYTON, their shopping completed, wait for the liberty launch at the Fleet Landing in Izmir, Turkey. The Dayton, flagship of Vice Admiral B. H. Bieri, USN, Commander, Naval Forces, Mediterranean, was one of many ships of the Mediterranean Fleet to pay an informal visit to Izmir on the occasion of the Turkish International Fair during the month of September 1947.
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Identifier:: 1-139