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  • Collection: Fred Hill World War II Photographs

Manila, Ground Level 32
Damaged church building in Manila.

Manila, Ground Level 33
Heavily damaged buildings in Manila.

P-47, "Gilde Jean"
"Gilde Jean" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Gilde Jean. Hill described a flight in this P-47, 'the largest and heaviest WWII single-engined single-seat fighter ever built.' First used in the European theater, the 'final version, the P-47N, was built…

Dobodura Camp, Chapel Altar
From "Darkroom Soldier": "Altar Table. Hill regularly attended Protestant Sunday services at the 71st Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron chapel, a post and beam structure with thatched walls and steeple. Here, the communion table is arrayed with…

Mindoro, Awards Assembly 6
"Formation of 17th medal recipients - Mindoro"

Binmaley, Airplane Engine Service
A mechanic uses a ladder to reach the engine of an airplane he needs to work on.

Mindoro, Awards Assembly 7
"Formation of 17th medal recipients - Mindoro"

General Eisenhower 1
"Fort Lewis Inspection in the field with escorting officers (Bird Colonels, Majors etc) in front of a line of limosines"

General Eisenhower 2
"Fort Lewis Inspection - The General sits at a table in enlisted men's mess" "Surprised a diner at an Enlisted Men's Mess hall"

General Eisenhower 5
"Fort Lewis Inspection Welding Shop - Soldier with welding torch greeted by the General" "5 star Genera Dwight Eisenhower speaks to a welding student during his Inspection of Fort Lewis - Spring 1946"
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