USN, Izmir, Turkey

Title:: USN, 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
Leisure
Travel
Sightseers
United States. Navy. Fleet, 6th
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: 704787 Hold for release to A.M. newspapers on Saturday, January 3, 1947 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. Three in a series of five. Members of two Allied forces got together in Izmir, Turkey when American ships put in for an informal visit. In the photo, above, Turkish soldiers are preparing to accompany American Navy Shore Patrolmen on their rounds of the city. Thousands of Turkish citizens inspected the warships after Vice Admiral B. H. Bieri, USN, gave permission to visit the vessels under his command.
Notes (date):: Date from item or accompanying material.
Identifier:: 1-37