"Returning over-seas soldiers anxiously waiting on the deck of the transport Madawaska in Newport News, VA. The soldiers are eagerly anticipating the moment when they can step on US soil for the first time in many months. Photograph taken on February 11, 1919, by Corporal Newberry."

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