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  • Collection: Fred Hill World War II Photographs

Binmaley Camp, Quarters 4
"Binmaley (pronounced: Binmally). This is the home of Photo section men + Walt Peters - a medic. Rain water from one side of the tent kept the barrel full for showers!" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Camp at Binmaley. In a written memoir, Hill recalled…

Binmaley Camp, Enlisted Home 1
"One of the fine E.M. homes at the Binmaley camp area of the 17th Tactical Recon Sqdn"

Binmaley Camp, Quarters 5
"The fine home for 5 Photo Lab men and 1 Medic at Binmaley. The floor, walls and tent frame, plus the extended porch cost each of us, $20. paid to Filipino craftsmen. 17th Tact Recon Sqdn"

Binmaley, Photo Section Jeep 1
"3 photo section men by the Photo Jeep. At the Photo section at the Binmaley camp. Countryman - Scott - Nicastro"

Binmaley, Photo Section Jeep 2
"Al Countryman and Oakley Scott in Jeep in front of Photo Section Complex at Binmaley, Luzon"

Binmaley Camp, Quarters Interior 1
"In our tent mansion at Binmaley. Fred Hill sits on his cot reading news paper from home - spread out on floor - because it had gotten wet"

Allan Countryman
"Allan Countryman, Photo Lab member - 17th Photo Section - Portrait by Van Reimer"

Bob Casey, Photo Gunner 1
"Sgt Bob Casey - of 17th Tactical Recon Sqdn, poses with a belt of 50 cal machine gun ammo. Lingayen Strip" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Photo Gunners. Two men in Hill's Photo Reconnaissance section, his friends Sgt Earl Powers and Sgt Bob Casey…

Bob Casey, Photo Gunner 2
"Sgt Bob Casey - of 17th Tactical Recon Sqdn, poses with a belt of 50 cal machine gun ammo. Lingayen Strip"

Fred Hill with "Jocko"
"Dick Baxter's pet monkey 'Jocko' who would groom anyone who would let him including Fred Hill, shown here" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Jocko Grooms Fred. Baxter's $35 monkey became a riotous member of the Photo Section. He liked to torment dogs by…
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