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Finchhaffen Camp in Mud
"Muddy path to the mess hall - Finschhafen" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Muck and the Mess Hall. Communications and Photo Section men lived furthest from the mess hall. To eat regular meals, soldiers had to negotiate six inches of slippery and sticky…
Liberty Ship, Morning Exercise
"Calisthenics - shipboard" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Morning Calisthenics. Shipboard routine on the SS General John Pope usually included a morning exercise ritual which may or may not have been enthusiastically embraced by the soldiers. Taken a year…
Big Emby Lake, Fishing 2
"M/Sgt Howard Tryk - fishing at Big Emby Lake" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Fishing Big Embi Lake. Seated on a raft that Hill and his friends created from five-gallon drums and boards, M/Sgt Howard Tryk waits for the big ones to bite." ("Darkroom…
B-24, "Pluto"
![B-24, "Pluto"](https://s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/eoudigitalarchive/square_thumbnails/697972ba280c2ad97d5ca9afa4f46143.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAIGVQF5DU4TM5SWSA&Expires=1732819800&Signature=RouLwTgtaWwkmIrhJmMQ6oFst3g%3D "B-24, "Pluto"")
"Disney character 'Pluto' B-24 nose art" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Fuselage Art. Painting nicknames, names and personalized icons on the fuselage was an unsanctioned but traditional art of Army Air Force crews. The motifs were varied and extensive --…
B-25, 17th Tail Art
"Tail painting design of 17th Tactical Recon Sqdn B-25's. Serial no. 33991 - Aircraft unknown" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Fuselage Art. Painting nicknames, names and personalized icons on the fuselage was an unsanctioned but traditional art of Army…
Liberty Ship, Russell Sage 3
"20 mm AA gun on a Liberty ship - Silhouette" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Gun and Cloud. While waiting on the Russell Sage, Hill took various ship-board photos, including this of a 20 mm anti-aircraft gun silhouetted against a spectacular cloud."…
Fred Hill Sitting on Foxhole 2
"Sgt Fred Hill on the fox-hole cover by their tent at Dulag 17th Recon Sqdn" Included in "Darkroom Soldier."
Leyte Foxhole Group 2
"Tent mates pose on fox hole cover. Van Reimer, Dick Baxter, Al Countryman, Walt Peters, Fred Hill, and Ed Bernardo in front." All Photo section men except Peters who was a medic" From "Darkroom Soldier": "On the Foxhole at Dulag. After a few days…
Leyte, Jeep in Mud 2
"17th Tact. Recon Sqdn. 4 men - with shovels - trying to get a jeep out of the mud. A civilian structure in the area" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Dulag Mud. When the rains began in the Leyte Valley, the dry cornfield around the photo lab turned into a…
Leyte Camp, Gas Station
"Auto & truck 'Gas Station' at Dulag. 'Free windshield wash with a fill-up." From "Darkroom Soldier": "Refueling at Dulag. Trucks and jeeps used 80 octane fuel from these 55-gallon drums. Soldiers pressurized the drums, then pumped gasoline into…