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- Collection: Fred Hill World War II Photographs
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Biak Natives "Sing Sing" 7
![Biak Natives "Sing Sing" 7](https://s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/eoudigitalarchive/square_thumbnails/5d540c2168c613b571bb440bf8271a4a.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAIGVQF5DU4TM5SWSA&Expires=1727858400&Signature=077WSgMQa8FD66pvBtrSw%2F%2F2d5A%3D "Biak Natives "Sing Sing" 7")
"Native women at a Sing Sing in Honor of Netherlands Queen Wilamina's Birthday - We paid a few Guilders to have these permit us to photograph their faces. Otherwise the women always turned away" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Queen Wilhelmina's Birthday…
Biak Natives "Sing Sing" 8
![Biak Natives "Sing Sing" 8](https://s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/eoudigitalarchive/square_thumbnails/81d5cebc09f65f67dd5e41d5e5833e9b.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAIGVQF5DU4TM5SWSA&Expires=1727858400&Signature=cqF8dLXtMmPl8I4MHRYTE%2BDG8aU%3D "Biak Natives "Sing Sing" 8")
"Native women at a Sing Sing in Honor of Netherlands Queen Wilamina's Birthday - We paid a few Guilders to have these permit us to photograph their faces. Otherwise the women always turned away"
Biak Natives "Sing Sing" 9
![Biak Natives "Sing Sing" 9](https://s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/eoudigitalarchive/square_thumbnails/c35ca69eb2e484ee2cc40af85e00a83d.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAIGVQF5DU4TM5SWSA&Expires=1727858400&Signature=BZCcDgHRjCFppxvRzvFpkAWmg0s%3D "Biak Natives "Sing Sing" 9")
"Copy negative of native dancers at a "Sing Sing" to honor Dutch Queen Wilamina's Birthday - discrete, bare chested girls"
Biak Natives, Long Canoe
"Two Liberty Ships and an LC1 behind a native large canoe with a sail, at Biak" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Boat Antithesis. Stabilized by outrigger, assisted by sail, four Biak men paddle their large wood canoe on Soenggarai Bay. Praised for their…
Biak, Bathing Facilities
"Biak - men bathing in brackish stream at low tide"
Biak, Ocean Swimming 1
"Some of the best ocean swimming in the S. Pacific was off a barge at the edge of a coral shelf at Biak. Thigh deep out to the barge - 20' deep on other" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Swim Time. Before showers were set up, soldiers first bathed in fresh…
Biak, Ocean Swimming 2
"Swimming off a sunken barge at edge of a coral shelf. Possible to wade to the barge and dive into 20 ft deep water on seaward side at Biak, Dutch New Guinea 17th tactical Recon Sqdn"
Biak, Ocean Swimming 3
"Diving into 20 ft. deep water off the barge at Biak"
Biak, Ocean Swimming 4
"Swimming off barge at Biak"
Biak, Ocean Swimming 5
"Swimming off barge at Biak"