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"Filipino women (for most part) doing soldiers laundry in river" From "Darkroom Soldier": " Busuanga River: Upstream Bath, Downstream Laundry. Hill reported these scenes to Martha: 'En route home, we stopped at the deep part of the river for a swim.…

"GI laundry, drying on rocks beside the river - washed by Filipino ladies. Trucks being washed in the distance"

"Filipino clothes washing in river - Paddles were often used to beat the clothing either against a plank or a big flat rock"

"Filipino ladies washing clothes in shallow river on Mindoro Philippine Islands"

"Filipino lady doing laundry by the river - using a scrub brush rather than a paddle"

"Filipino young lady with a stove-heated laundry iron. The handle with a brand name G - is transferable to other iron bases still heating on the stove"

"Carabao resting in river"

"Scene in a tiny barrio on one of the many small islands off Mindoro - Went for a ride in a search & rescue Higgins boat"

"A street of native homes on one of the small islands off Mindoro - Among palm trees"

"Sugar Plantation narrow guage Rail Road engine house tender of engine (steam) no. 8 in center stall" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Locomotive #8. During pre-war farming, these engines hauled raw sugar cane harvested on the southwest plains to the mill.…