Sailors from the USS Leyte (CV 32) are being welcomed at the fleet landing by residents of Izmir, Turkey

Title:: Sailors from the USS Leyte (CV 32) are being welcomed at the fleet landing by residents of 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:: Sailors
Military life
Piers & wharves
Travel
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: 704785 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 harbor at Izmir, Turkey. This was the first time that an American warship had been in a Turkish port in about 10 months. One in a series of five. In photo, above, white-hatted sailors from the USS Leyte (CV 32) are being welcomed at the Fleet Landing by residents of Izmir, Turkey. Visit by the American ships was informal.
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Identifier:: 1-134