10th May in wartime Northern Ireland

On 10th May 1942, a third contingent of U.S. Army troops and nurses arrived at Dufferin Dock, Belfast. Among them was the injured Sergeant Galen W. Quinn.

Soldiers descend the gangway as the third and largest contingent of United States Army soldiers arrived at Dufferin Dock, Belfast.
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A former schoolteacher and son of Irish parents, Sergeant Galen Quinn, landed with a broken ankle as the third and largest contingent of United States Army soldiers arrived at Dufferin Dock, Belfast.
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American nurses wearing trousers as part of their 'voyage uniform' arrive as the third and largest contingent of United States Army soldiers arrived at Dufferin Dock, Belfast.
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American nurses wearing trousers as part of their 'voyage uniform' arrive as the third and largest contingent of United States Army soldiers arrived at Dufferin Dock, Belfast.
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Soldiers wearing new and distinctive M1 'steel-pot' helmets descend the gangway as the third and largest contingent of United States Army soldiers arrived at Dufferin Dock, Belfast.
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A soldier wearing a new and distinctive M1 'steel-pot' helmet descends the gangway as the third and largest contingent of United States Army soldiers arrived at Dufferin Dock, Belfast.
©IWM H 19673 Info
Soldiers wearing new and distinctive M1 'steel-pot' helmets descend the gangway as the third and largest contingent of United States Army soldiers arrived at Dufferin Dock, Belfast.
©IWM H 19674 Info

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