Wounded soldiers exiting the Transport Sierra at Pier 4, Port of Embarkation, Hoboken, on December 21, 1918. A total of 35 officers and 1,531 men who had been wounded in battle were brought back on the ship. Most of the wounded were convalescent. They were subsequently transported to the West Shore Station on the hospital ships Shinnebook and Ossining, and then by rail to Camp Merritt. The photograph was approved by the censor on December 24, 1918.

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