The Snapshots in Time Collection
General Jonathan M. Wainwright Posing with Trophy Sailfish at 'Playa Suave,' Acapulco, Mexico, 1949
This 1949 photograph shows General Jonathan M. Wainwright posing with a pair of trophy sailfish at Playa Suave, a fishing club believed to be located near Acapulco, Mexico. The image reflects the leisure pursuits enjoyed by the celebrated WWII veteran in the years following his release as a Japanese prisoner of war, when deep-sea sport fishing was a favored pastime among American travelers to Mexico's Pacific resorts. Project: 218339