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The 360th Colored Regiment arriving in New York aboard the S.S. Aquatina, ca. 1920. Click/tap to enlarge, to see details.
Photo: Underwood & Underwood via the Int'l Center of Photography
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The 360th Colored Regiment arriving in New York aboard the S.S. Aquatina, ca. 1920. Click/tap to enlarge, to see details.
Photo: Underwood & Underwood via the Int'l Center of Photography
The HMS Queen Elizabeth docked in New York Harbor on August 31, 1945, carrying home thousands of troops who had fought in Europe. But happy families were no match for the fans and paparazzi who turned out to welcome home one of them, Colonel James Stewart of the U.S. Army Air Corps (now the Air Force).
Photo: Associated Press
35,000 American and Canadian troops pack the aft decks of the HMS Queen Mary as she steams into New York Harbor on July 11, 1945 from Europe.
Photo: Associated Press via the NY Daily News
Thousands of U.S. troops arriving in New York from Europe on the Queen Mary, June 20, 1945. The RMS Queen Mary was launched in 1934 as a Cunard-White Star liner and was converted to a troopship during World War II.
Photo: U.S. Navy/Science Photo Library/Fine Art America