The Snapshots in Time Collection

U.S. Navy Sailors at a Japanese Shrine Gate, Vietnam War-Era Liberty Photograph

U.S. Navy Sailors at a Japanese Shrine Gate, Vietnam War-Era Liberty Photograph

U.S. Navy sailors, dressed in winter peacoats and white caps, pause beneath the tiled gate of a Japanese shrine during a liberty visit near Tokyo. Images like this, preserved in the USS Ticonderoga slide collection, illustrate the cultural exchanges that took place during port calls at Yokosuka, offering crew members a brief respite and a window into Japanese life and heritage amid the ship's Vietnam War deployments. Project: 218112