According to Pap, this photograph was taken on the USS General H. W. Butner. After reaching the San Francisco Port of Embarkment, he boarded this naval transport and left for the Western Pacific Theater of Operations in Manila, Philippines on September 9, 1946.
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I love this project so much!!