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- Collection: Fred Hill World War II Photographs
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Art, Branches 3
"Infra Red - 'Artsy' study"
Art, Kunai Grass Heads
"Infra Red - 'Arty' Kunai Grass heads" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Infrared Experiment. Throughout his two years in the Pacific Theater, Hill regularly tested cameras, photographic techniques, and film. This image, as he explained to Martha, was 'an…
Finchhaffen Native, Fishing
"Beach area at Finchhaffen New Guinea. A local native with long fishing spears 17th Tactical Recon Sqdn"
Finchhaffen Mosquito Abatement 8
"Bob Casey between two local New Guinea men 'Mata' and 'Moto' who worked for mosquito abatement to spray kerosine on standing water puddles"
Japanese Heavy Equipment 1
"Jap Prime Mover tractor in an assembly of such heavy equipment at Hollandia - Dutch New Guinea"
Japanese Heavy Equipment 2
"Heavy equipment tractors at a Japanese supply point at Hollandia. Note - 2 radiators - one on each side of the engine"
Earl Powers, Changing Bag
"Sgt Earl Powers using a light-proof changing bag to re-load his camera" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Changing Bag. To remove an exposed roll of film and install a new roll in his Kodak 3-A, Sgt Powers crouches beside a Hollandia base road and…
Hollandia Native Homes 1
"Native home and outrigger in Harbor at Hollandia"
Hollandia Native Homes 3
"Native homes on stilts over water. Ship moving 17th Sqdn and others - to Biak - layed over several days at Hollandia. Fred Hill went ashore with Merch. Marine pig boat"
Japanese Ammo Dump 4
"Sgt Powers examining Jap munitions at a hastily abandoned ammo dump at Hollandia. US engineers had declared the dump to be clear of 'Booby traps' 17th Recon Sqdn" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Deadly Reminders. On a trip ashore, Hill and Powers came…