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- Collection: Fred Hill World War II Photographs
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War is Over! Celebrations 4
"Faye Higgins - The smallest man in 17th Photo Lab, holds Russell Price, the largest, to celebrate war's end!"
War is Over! Celebrations 1
"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…
Ie Shima, Swimming
"17th Photo Gunner Earl Powers watches a swimmer in the ocean at the foot of the cliff by 17th Camp on Ie Shima"
Ie Shima Camp, Twilight
"Over looking tents of 17th Recon camp at Ie Shima - looking North - great cloud picture"
Calasiao, Table 1
"Low level view of conference table in Priest's area at the big Catholic Church in (blank) Note legs are on a plank all around chairs must straddle" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Detail: Nara Wood Table. Calasiao church wardens gave Hill a tour of the…
S/Sgt Nicastro, Photo Section
"S/Sgt Nicastro, 17th Photo Section - looks out of a Photo Section tent door at Dulag Leyte. Jan 1945"
Leyte, LST Loading
"LST being loaded"
Leyte Camp, Holiday Turkey 1
"Cooks cutting turkey - Christmas 1944 at Dulag"
Leyte, LST 626 5
"Soldier reading on deck of LST 626, Dec 1944" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Reading Onboard. Crossing the Pacific, soldiers frequently had hours and hours to spend on deck at ease. As pictured here on another ship a year later, Hill and his fellow…
Liberty Ships 4
"Many ships of convoy to Mindoro late Dec 1944 - Mostly Liberty Ships"