Title
Welcome to Port-au-Prince Travel Guide
Description
This pocket-sized travel guide provides American sailors with a brief overview of Port-au-Prince. The guide features artwork by artist and USS Wasp (CVA-18) crewman John Tuska.
The photos and language in the travel guide reflect attitudes present at the time it was published.
The photos and language in the travel guide reflect attitudes present at the time it was published.
Collection
Samuel Wingrove Collection
Context
Travel guides were often provided by the United States Navy as a way to help their sailors enjoy their liberty while in a foreign port. The ship's print office usually had a great deal of freedom in how that information was passed out to the crew.
The items in this collection were donated by Samuel Wingrove, a plank owner and Water Tender aboard the USS Laffey (DD-724) during World War II. Wingrove was present for both D-Day and the Battle of Okinawa.
Wingrove would be promoted a Boiler Technician, go on to serve on a variety of Navy ships in the Korean War and retire as a US Navy Chief Petty Officer.
The items in this collection were donated by Samuel Wingrove, a plank owner and Water Tender aboard the USS Laffey (DD-724) during World War II. Wingrove was present for both D-Day and the Battle of Okinawa.
Wingrove would be promoted a Boiler Technician, go on to serve on a variety of Navy ships in the Korean War and retire as a US Navy Chief Petty Officer.
Accession #
2024.42
