DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 45346
USS Mercury (ID # 3012)
Troops reading books in one of the ship's berthing spaces, while
en route to France, circa 1918-1919. The books were provided
by the American Library Association. Note the copy of "Collier's"
magazine on the deck at right, next to a battle helmet.
Courtesy of E.E. Thompson.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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