Marines aboard the USS Henderson return from deployment in China, San Diego, 1928

Item Overview

Title

Marines aboard the USS Henderson return from deployment in China, San Diego, 1928

Date Created

October 31, 1928

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Related to Los Angeles Times article, "Shipload of Marines Back Home; Transport Henderson at San Diego With 1000 Men from Duty in China" 1 Nov. 1928: 1.
Marines line the deck of the USS Henderson upon their arrival in San Diego. They were returning from a long deployment in China.
This photograph is related to image in ark no. 21198/zz002cpz3p.

Caption

Wire service photo caption: Watch Your Credit. "P & A Photos" Home from China. Seven hundred Marines arrived At San Diego recently on the transport Henderson, after having served from one to two years in China. These are the first American troops to return from the Far East. Photo shows the Transport Henderson with Marines aboard as she arrived at San Diego. (LA FM 14) 11/2/28 [from image ark no. 21198/zz002cpz25]
Text from negative sleeve: United States Navy, Ships, Henderson

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Subjects

Marines (Military personnel)
Government vessels--American
Government vessels--American--California--San Diego

Names

Henderson (Transport)

Location

San Diego (Calif.)

Resource type

still image