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English: USS Kentuckian (ID # 1544)

Arriving in a U.S. port, while transporting U.S. troops home from Europe in 1919. The original image is printed on a post card sent by a serviceman to his mother, Mrs. Martha M. Johns of Sheridan, Indiana. It is postmarked Norfolk, Virginia, 6 September 1919. Note the flags (among them a Salvation Army banner) carried by women waiting on the pier. The reverse side of this card is seen in Photo # NH 104119-A-KN.

Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2006.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Date c. August 1919, Norfolk, Virginia
Source U.S. Naval Historical Center Photo #: NH 104119
Author U.S. Navy
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