Arthur Schuh, who served as a Lieutenant (Junior Grade) in the United States Navy Reserve, captured a candid photograph of three sailors, seen from overhead, on the docks at the Naval Frontier base in downtown Portland, in 1944.

During Schuh's service in Portland, he captured photographs of military life during World War II, many of which depict rarely-seen images of Naval activity and locations. Some of these subjects include a captured Italian Submarine, U.S. Navy Headquarters, Frontier Base, H.E.C.P at Fort Williams, Navy Supply Pier, Casco Bay Net Depot, U.S. Navy Fuel Depot, and the U.S. Navy Fleet Signal Station on Great Diamond Island.