Ships

WAC Sergeant Norene McKusker of Marengo, Iowa leads her platoon to the gangplank to board the ships that will take them from North Africa to Italy. All others are unidentified.

Unidentified WACs sit in a truck awaiting orders to board the ship seen in the background that will transport them from North Africa to Italy.

A group of unidentified WACs in full field gear wait in United States Army trucks for orders to board the ships that will take them from North Africa to Italy and their new assignment in theatre.

A ship floating in the river near Saigon, Vietnam, has lettering on the side that reads, "JAPAN INDUSTRY FLOATING FAIR." Buildings can be seen in the background.

Two ships pass through the Gatun Lock, Panama Canal. Photo taken from Gatun Locks Control Tower. Secretary of the Army Frank Pace was aboard one of the ships, the survey boat "Wolcott."

Herbert D. Vogel (left), Lieutenant Governor of the Canal Zone Government, and Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (right) are aboard the survey boat "Wolcott" as they navigate the Panama Canal.

Boxing match aboard U.S.S. Zeppelin, the ship that returned members of the 129th Field Artillery, 35th Division from France to the United States after World War I. All are unidentified. From: 35th Division scrapbook

Unidentified World War I soldiers from the United States Army, 35th Division boarding an unidentified ship. From: 35th Division scrapbook

Group of unidentified World War I soldiers on an unknown ship. From: 35th Division scrapbook

Regimental officers, 129th Field Artillery, 35th Division, United States Army on board USS Zeppelin, April, 1919. Lieutenant Colonel Marvin Gates and Colonel Emery T. Smith in foreground. The Zeppelin is the ship that carried Harry S. Truman home from World War I. From: 35th Division scrapbook