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This primary source comes from the Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs, 1860 - 1952.
National Archives Identifier: 26433671
Full Citation: Demobilization – Arrivals Home – Crowds waiting outside the pier of the Leviathan. A photograph of the anxious crowds that waited outside of the pier of the U.S. Transport Leviathan, which docked at Hoboken, New Jersey, to greet their dear 1s back fr; 12/1918; Demobilization – Arrivals Home, 1917 – 1918; American Unofficial Collection of World War I Photographs, 1917 – 1918; Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs, 1860 – 1952, Record Group 165; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/crowds-waiting-outside-pier/, April 6, 2026]
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