Mistitled US Naval Photo Postcard / Unknown

Mistitled GUANTANAMO CITY , unknown photo postcard.

Carribean ? Palm trees and Mountains
French ? Statue looks like Napoleon

Inscription "Gloire ...... "

If it's Cuba , I'll be real surprised eventhough they have some french influence , I'm thinking Haiti , Martinique , or some other French ruled island.

No, It is correct. The city of GUANTANAMO, is the capital of that province local north of the base. The city was founded in the 19th century by Frenchman from Haiti escaping the slave rebellion there.
I've so far not found out who the satutue is.
Cool card/photo! Good Eye!
Until now I was not aware of this French influence in Cuba.

Close up of inscription.

Guantanamo City 1918 was handwritten on postcard edge , the debate is whether or not the postcard was misstitled by the sailor or person who purchased the PC.
I bought it on ebay a couple months ago , I've been to Guantanamo city and don't remember the statue ,also sent the image to some oldtimers and they have no recollection of it.
Maybe a lost piece of history from the town or another location not related.

To bad the second word is unreadable. I look a the navy man and he has no rifle so it's not guard duty, but free time. Any US vessel could have visited any French island in the Caribbean. Maybe the navy man is on leave site-seeing around his stationed area in Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Cuba. All were under US occupation during this time and all had French influences. It's interesting likely that the only area in Cuba that would have any French influence Guantanamo City and that's what's marked on the card. I've so far failed to match this monument/statue to anyone or place. If it was in Cuba the site may have been destroyed during the revolution or even dismantled.

Jayelam, Is there anything on the backside of the card?

Given the handwriting appearance, it could have been written by the sailor in elder years to label the photo before all recollection was lost or when finally getting around to organizing memorabilia but he was a little late?..Just speculation of course, but, isn't it fun.

I'm thinking Haiti. The statue looks suspiciously like portrayals of Toissant L'Overture on early Haitian stamps.

i was going to say fort torro but the ruins don't look like a fort.
also glorie could be french or the old english spelling of glory.

Or maybe it fell victim to Castro's revolution.

No , most of the chaotic destruction from Castro's revolution was aimed at the U.S. for their intervention in the Spanish American War and other issues such as their presence at GTMO .

The uniformed soldier (STATUE) , captain ,or ??? looks to be of French origin , maybe even Spanish.

I'll keep my eyes open for PC's that depict Navy servicemen and see if even Central America or Guyana play into the equation.

Jayelem,
It's Haiti, the second line is Toussaint L'Overture as WpgLwr thought.
Stare long enough at your blowup you can see the capital 'T' then small case with the last letter a 't'. The second word letters 1st 2 letters are 'LO'

What do you think?

Could this be Port-au-Prince,then?

Here's a picture of Toussaint L'Overture from Google Images:



The Admiral's hat is a dead giveaway.

Jayelem,
Also the 3rd name down is "Petion" whom also fought against the French.

He also fought for the Americans at Savannah, GA during our Revolution!

After an exhaustive search online, I cannot locate another picture of this monument. Mind you, there's probably one in every Haitian town...