The Snapshots in Time Collection

Sailors in Dress Whites at a Tropical Liberty Port, USS Columbia Album

Sailors in Dress Whites at a Tropical Liberty Port, USS Columbia Album

Sailors from USS Columbia pose in dress whites before a thatched-roof dwelling during a port call at a tropical liberty destination. Such photographs, common in Navy personal albums, document the informal encounters between American servicemen and local communities that punctuated long deployments at sea. Project: 218595