Brest

Brest is a city in the Finistère département in Brittany in northwestern France. Located in a sheltered position not far from the western tip of the Breton peninsula, and the western extremity of metropolitan France, Brest is an important harbour and the second French military port after Toulon.

Brest in Southern Victory
While serving aboard the destroyer USS O'Brien, Sam Carsten visited the port city of Brest during the late 1920's. There, he found he was actually quite welcome among the cities inhabitants as he quickly made friends and visited some of the local sights like the Maritime Museum and the cathedral of St. Louis.

While here, he also had his first encounter with the radical far right reactionaries, Action Francaise and witnessed their liking for violence.