File:Greeting troops aboard USS Princess Matoika 20 December 1918.jpg

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USS Princess Matoika (ID # 2290)

A band of Bluejackets and Doughboys playing the "Marsellaise" on the ship's deck, as American troops, homeward bound from service in France, come aboard in the harbor of St. Nazaire, 20 December 1918. Note the capstan and bitts in the foreground.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Source U.S. Naval Historical Center Photo #: NH 41892
Author U.S. Navy
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