Photo #: NH 64928
USS Siboney (ID # 2999)
Soldiers boarding the ship at the American Bassens on the Gironde
River, France, for their passage home, 20 February 1919.
Red Cross workers are assisting the troops at the foot of the
gangway.
Photographed by Machinist John G. Krieger, USN.
Note the wet conditions, and the tent and hut sheltering the
Red Cross workers, at least one of whom is a woman.
Donation of John G. Krieger, 1967.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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