The Snapshots in Time Collection

Sailor Outside the 'White Hats Club' Quonset Hut, US Naval Air Transport Squadron, Guam

Sailor Outside the 'White Hats Club' Quonset Hut, US Naval Air Transport Squadron, Guam

A US Navy sailor stands before the 'White Hats Club,' an enlisted men's recreation hut at a Naval Air Transport Service base in the Western Pacific, likely Agana Field, Guam, in the years following World War II. Quonset huts like this one served as the social and communal centers of island air stations, and 'White Hats' was a common nickname for enlisted sailors, taken from their white uniform caps. Project: 218209