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  • Collection: Fred Hill World War II Photographs

A group of five soldiers sitting on a pair of cots and playing card games on a card table that is set up between them.
"41st Division 1941 - Recreation: card game Cpl Bill Hawes - 4th Squad (Mortar) leader - Gail Mills on right - in barracks at 41st Cantonment area"

A group of five Hispanic soldiers sitting or laying on the floor in casual clothes and smiling.  The soldier in the middle is playing a guitar.
"41st Division 1941 - Recreation: Guitar music / singing 41st Cantonment - The first group of draftees that came to the 186th Infantry for training had many Hispanic men - Here they are singing to guitar accompaniment"

A military band plays inside a large tent.  One man is conducting, and the entire background is filled with more soldiers watching the performance.
"41st Division 1941 - Recreation: Band Concert"

Eight soldiers playing basketball around a hoop.  The ball can be seen in mid-air hitting the backboard.  Small houses or tents line the background.
"41st Division 1941 - Recreation: Basketball"

A small group of soldiers in a field giving other men piggy-back rides and smiling.  They appear to be racing, while other men look on the race.
"41st Division 1941 - Recreation: Piggy back race"

A group of men in a field crawling on all fours or doing crab walks while others stand and watch.
"41st Division 1941 - Recreation: crab race"

An elevated landscape view of military trucks and soldiers in lines in a wooded clearing. A few onlookers can be seen in the foreground.
"41st Division 1941 - There was a huge Corps Area review staged on Ft. Lewis proper - negatives by Bob Spencer with Fred Hill's speed graphic camera from top of water tower"

An elevated landscape view of military trucks and soldiers in lines in a wooded clearing. A seating area with a sign labeled "Box 1" and containing a folding chair is in the foreground, facing the soldiers and vehicles.
"41st Division 1941 - There was a huge Corps Area review staged on Ft. Lewis proper - negatives by Bob Spencer with Fred Hill's speed graphic camera from top of water tower"

An elevated landscape view of military trucks and soldiers in lines in a wooded clearing.
"41st Division 1941 - There was a huge Corps Area review staged on Ft. Lewis proper - negatives by Bob Spencer with Fred Hill's speed graphic camera from top of water tower"

An elevated landscape view of military trucks and soldiers in lines in a wooded clearing. A stage is set up to the right
"41st Division 1941 - There was a huge Corps Area review staged on Ft. Lewis proper - negatives by Bob Spencer with Fred Hill's speed graphic camera from top of water tower"
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