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WWII 78.F3.1

Snapshot of Arthur W. Matthews Jr., wearing his U.S. Army uniform, sitting on a dock’s bollard next to a Liberty ship in the harbor of Antwerp, Belgium, on July 3, 1945. The ship was being prepared either to return American troops to the United States, or to shuttle supplies to the China-Burma-India Theater (CBI) following the end of the war in Europe (July 3, 1945).

 

From Arthur W. Matthews Jr. Papers, WWII 78, WWII Papers, Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C.

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Uploaded on October 13, 2017