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  • Collection: Fred Hill World War II Photographs

A group of soldiers, roughly eight to ten, stand together in a heavily wooded area with their backs to the camera.
"186th Infantry - 41st Division - Overnight hike - Fort Lewis - 8/40 - National Guard annual encampment before we were mobilized Sept. 16, 1940"

A group of about seven soldiers standing in a lightly wooded area talking with one another.  One of the men can be seen in the background with his back to the camera.
"186th Infantry - 41st Division - Overnight hike - Fort Lewis - 8/40 - National Guard annual encampment before we were mobilized Sept. 16, 1940"

About a dozen soldiers sit around two campfires in relaxed positions.  They are in a clearing surrounded by woods.
"186th Infantry - 41st Division - Overnight hike - Fort Lewis - 8/40 - National Guard annual encampment before we were mobilized Sept. 16, 1940 - getting up in morning - fires to get warm"

A group of soldiers in a wooded clearing standing around pots of food.  The man in the center is wearing a white cook's apron and hat.
"186th Infantry - 41st Division - Overnight hike - Fort Lewis - 8/40 - National Guard annual encampment before we were mobilized Sept. 16, 1940 - Primitive field kitchen"

Ft. Lewis, Maneuvers 2
"Maneuvers at Fort Lewis - July 1940 - Sgt Eugene Winters - Sgt Jack Hendrickson (shaving)"

Ft. Lewis, Maneuvers 1
Written on envelope: "Fort Lewis Maneuvers - July 1940 - National Guard - Sgt Bill Gamble, Sgt Gordon Brown and Sgt Bert Burke study a map on a maneuver exercise"

Fred Hill Family, Veterans
Written on envelope: "Participants in 1969 Vet's day Parade - La Grande, Oregon Lynn Hill - WWI - Ft. Lewis Lloyd Hill - Korean era Fred Hill - WWII - South Pacific Ed Hill - Vietnam era Photo by Observer Photog"

Japanese Surrender Delegates 5
"Japanese delegates transferring to US C-54 for trip on to Manila - No steps were available for C-54's on Ie Shima. Not a deliberate insult! From "Darkroom Soldier": "Awkward Climb to Peace. The airstrip at Ie Shima was not equipped to accommodate…

Japanese Surrender Delegates 4
Written on envelope: "Japanese preliminary peace delegation boarding US C-54 for long flight to Manila. Ie Shima air strips were not equipped to handle C-54's and no boarding steps were available. The ladder was the best available"

Japanese Surrender Delegates 3
Written on envelope: "Japanese preliminary envoy members - (from the 2 'Betty' bombers) climbing aboard a C-54 for the long flight from Ie Shima to Manila"
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