R. E. Burdick, storekeeper third class, and Stanley J. Finkel, seaman first class of the USS Leyte, are shown in the photograph, above, with three Turkish sailors while on liberty at Izmir, Turkey

Title:: R. E. Burdick, storekeeper third class, and Stanley J. Finkel, seaman first class of the USS Leyte, are shown in the photograph, above, with three Turkish sailors while on liberty at Izmir, Turkey
Creator:: United States. Navy
Name on Item:: Official U.S. Navy Photograph
Date:: September 1947
Format:: Photographs
Genre:: Photographic prints
Portrait photographs
Group portraits
Location:: American Legion Museum
Collection (local):: World War II by Combat Photographers
Subjects:: Sailors
Military life
Cityscapes
Leisure
United States. Navy. Fleet, 6th
Leyte (Aircraft carrier)
Places:: Turkey > İzmir (province) > Izmir
Extent:: 1 photograph : print ; sheet 21 x 26 cm (8 x 10 format)
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Caption: File number: 704786 Hold for release to A. M. newspapers on Saturday, January 3, 1948. UNITS OF MEDITERRANEAN FLEET VISIT IZMIR, TURKEY - On the occasion of the Turkish International Fair in September 1947, several ships of the Mediterranean Fleet put into the harbor at Izmir, Turkey. This was the first time that an American warship had been in a Turkish port for 10 months. Two in a series of five. R. E. Burdick, storekeeper third class, and Stanley J. Finkel, seaman first class of the USS LEYTE, are shown in the photograph, above, with three Turkish sailors while on liberty at Izmir, Turkey.
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Identifier:: 1-136