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"17th Photo Section - The War is Over!" Sign reads: "CLOSED Open Next War under New Management" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Ending Metaphor. To interpret the end of military hostilities, Photo Section men revised their sign to show they felt like…

"Faye Higgins - The smallest man in 17th Photo Lab, holds Russell Price, the largest, to celebrate war's end!"

"Tide flat below camp site - Ie Shima" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Tide Flat, Ie Shima. Hill regularly hiked down to the ocean below his camp. Though the trail was 'a rugged climb to get back to camp,' he praised the swimming there, and delighted in…

"Tree ferns on trail to tide flat" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Tree Ferns. With a subtropical climate, low elevation, and heavy rains, huge tree ferns grew along the switchback trail between Hill's Ie Shima camp and the tide flats where the soldiers…

"Welcome Home brought tears to our eyes" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Welcome in Puget Sound. This unidentified boat sailed out to greet the SS Cape Victory as it approached Fort Lawton in the Seattle harbor. Seeing that flying 'Welcome Home' banner…

"Musicians help pass the time aboard the SS Cape Victory en route to Seattle - Oct 1945" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Jam Session on Board. It would a be a hot, sweaty, slow trip. The turbine-powered converted freighter would travel about fifteen miles…

"Thanksgiving with Bob & Jean Casey in Los Angeles - 1946"

"Thanksgiving with Bob & Jean Casey in Los Angeles - 1946 Fred Hill - Bob Casey - Martha Hill - Jean Casey"

"Thanksgiving with Bob & Jean Casey in Los Angeles - 1946"

Leyte foxhole group at Van Reimer's house in CA Ed Bernardo, Fred Hill, Walt Peters, (Not present - Allan Countryman) Dick Baxter, Van Reimer