Pam gallery - Photo #8 - 1940s...

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usat_bridgeport
USAT Bridgeport (USAT = United States Army Transport), that carried Ruth and Pam Ives from Brooklyn to Bremerhaven, Germany, January 3-18, 1947, to join Pam's dad Lieutenant Charles Ives, in Stuttgart. According to this newspaper clipping the voyage was scheduled for December 23, 1946, but the departure was delayed. They would have sailed from the Brooklyn Army Terminal. Pam was 1½ years old and Warren was on the way. Did you know that in WWII, the Army had its own navy? Click here to read about it.