An original booklet containing information on traveling on a United States Army Transport vessel, operated by the San Francisco Port of Embarkation. The booklet contains information on the following topics: miscellaneous items regarding life aboard ship, fire and boat drills, debarkation, Camp Stoneman; Fort Mason, and a glossary of commonly used ship's terms.
Ships United States. Army Military bases Harbors Fort Mason (Calif.) Stewards Medical care
Time Period
Nineteen forty-nine, A.D
Place
Fort Mason (Calif.)
Source
Original booklet: First Stop …..U.S.A., January 1949; Kenneth Hopper Papers on Management; Box 18 Pamphlets and Guides, Photos, & Miscellaneous; F. A. Polkinghorn; Folder 6 Pamphlets and Guides; First Stop… U.S.A., January 1949; 31 pages
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