USAHS Wisteria and Acadia docked at the Port of Yokohama, Japan, 1946
Gift of Robert and Lanell Barrett
Description:
Photograph. United States Army Hospital Ships Wisteria and Acadia docked at the Port of Yokohama. Official caption on front: "Yokohama harbour." Yokohama, Japan. 1946
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1946
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Items from the service of Storekeeper 3rd Class Robert E. Baker, who served on the USS Collett (DD-730) during the occupation of Japan. Baker completed basic training at the United States Naval Training Center in San Diego, California, in March 1946, and was then assigned to the USS Collett. He spent some of his service in China, but the bulk of his time was spent in Japan. Items from the collection include a menu, liberty pass, newspaper clipping, photographs of postwar Japan during the American occupation, and souvenir photographs of China and Japan.
Geography:
Yokohama-kō
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35.467
Longitude:
139.700