The Snapshots in Time Collection
General Jonathan M. Wainwright Aboard Ship, 1949
Photographed in 1949 aboard an ocean liner, this image from a personal album is attributed to General Jonathan M. Wainwright, who commanded the heroic defense of Corregidor in 1942 and endured over three years as a Japanese prisoner of war before his dramatic liberation. In his postwar years, Wainwright remained a celebrated public figure, and images like this document his later travels and public life. Project: 218338