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A group of Photo Section members gather for a party, to relax, laugh, and drink beer. Ed Bernardo is seated on left. "Hill - Photo Section - Salinas (CA) & Laurel (Mississippi) - Doc Speer, Tregea, etc."

Photo Section members take time out to shoot some hoops. "Hill - Photo Section - Salinas (CA) & Laurel (Mississippi) - Doc Speer, Tregea, etc."

Photo Section members take time out to shoot some hoops. "Hill - Photo Section - Salinas (CA) & Laurel (Mississippi) - Doc Speer, Tregea, etc."

Dobodura natives in full regalia, probably at a sing-sing. "These negatives are not for section use - Sgt. Casey"

A thatch hut in a local Dobodura village. "These negatives are not for section use - Sgt. Casey"

A native, young woman and man, perhaps a couple. "These negatives are not for section use - Sgt. Casey"

"Red Cross girl Dottie Lou Lovell Musical entertainer - often joined by Military musicians here."

"Chess game - 2 photo Lab members of 3rd Attack Group Photo section Fred Hill looks on" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Chessman at Ease. Fred Hill watches Photo Section men play chess. Waiting for their planes to return, men had time to read, take…

"This widely copied picture is of a New Guinea mother known as 'Maude.' It is rumored that women nursed pigs frequently. Pigs were very valuable assets. To squat by a fire, she could flip the long breast over her shoulder."

"Native girl leaning against a palm tree - bare breasted" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Melanesian Girl. During his months on the coast of eastern New Guinea, Hill photographed all genders, ages, and types of people. Here, and also in his letters to his…