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Photo #: NH 103040-A

USS Iowan
(ID # 3002)

Address and message side of a postal card bearing a photograph of the ship at St. Nazaire, France, on 8 May 1919, as she was being boarded by Company C, 104th Field Signal Battalion, U.S. Army.
This side features a message written on 22 May 1919 by a Soldier stationed at Camp Dix, New Jersey.
Note the Y.M.C.A. ("Young Men's Christian Association") rubber stamp inscription on the card.
See Photo # NH 103040 for a view of the front side of the original postal card.

Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2005.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Image posted 24 June 2005