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  • Collection: Fred Hill World War II Photographs

Leyte, Outrigger Welcome 6
"2 ladies and a man in outrigger canoe - Philippines - Leyte area"

Leyte, House
"A very fine home in Tacloban, Leyte P.I. - No details"

Leyte Camp, Set-up 1
"17th Tact. Recon Sqdn - Partially finished setting up camp at Dulag, Leyte - Residence tents in distant - work tent being assembled in foreground"

Leyte Camp, Orderly Tent
"17th Tactical Recon Sqdn Orderly Room Tent at Dulag Leyte - P.I."

Leyte Camp, Enlisted Tents 1
"Dulag - edge of 17th T. R. Enlisted Men's area. Palm trees - a truck, tents and men - plus, local citizens"

Leyte Camp, Enlisted Tents 2
"17th tactical Recon Sqdn E. M.'s camp tent area. Dulag, Leyte"

Leyte Camp, Enlisted Tents 3
"17th Tact. Recon Sqdn Enlisted men's tent area. Filipino girls peddled fruit through the camp daily - Dulag, Leyte, P.I." From "Darkroom Soldier": "Fruit Vendors. In his second letter from Binmaley, Hill praised these local vendors: '[They] come…

Leyte, Local Filipinas
"At camp in Dulag Leyte (Philippines) local girls often visited selling bananas, papaya, etc. Good kids, nicely dressed but almost always bare foot"

Leyte Camp, Enlisted Tents 4
"Tents in EM's area, Dulag. 2 soldiers watch children braid palm leaf thatch. 17th Tact. Recon Sqdn"

Leyte Camp, Photo Lab 1
"The most primative of all Photo sections of the 17th Tact. Recon Sqdn's seven locations - at Dulag Leyte P.I." From "Darkroom Soldier": "Photo Lab at Dulag. Built in a smooth, level, and dry cornfield, the photo lab at Dulag was 'the crudest set-up…
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