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Photo #: 80-G-K-5778 (Color)

USS West Point (AP-23)

Receives the assistance of tugs as she docks at Navy Pier, New York City, upon her arrival with troops returning to the U.S. from Europe, 11 July 1945.
Banners hanging from her superstructure identify the following U.S. Army units (from left to right):
Fifth Corps;
347th Infantry Regiment; and
87th Infantry Division.
Note West Point's pattern camouflage.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

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Image posted 22 January 2005