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- Collection: Fred Hill World War II Photographs
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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"
![Fred Hill with "Jocko"](https://s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/eoudigitalarchive/square_thumbnails/c9784a461a82600b0920ec90eb1234fe.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAIGVQF5DU4TM5SWSA&Expires=1738418400&Signature=bV%2FVdZU%2F147cTAnC6QC%2Bc%2B3Rry8%3D "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…