The Snapshots in Time Collection

Portrait of a U.S. Navy Sailor in Dungaree Shirt Aboard USS Ticonderoga, Vietnam War Era

Portrait of a U.S. Navy Sailor in Dungaree Shirt Aboard USS Ticonderoga, Vietnam War Era

This informal portrait shows a young U.S. Navy sailor aboard USS Ticonderoga, wearing the standard chambray dungaree work shirt of the Vietnam War era. Photographed below decks amid ship's fittings and storage lockers, the image reflects the personal, candid photography sailors took of themselves and their shipmates during long combat deployments, preserving the human faces behind the carrier's wartime service. Project: 218112