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Mindoro Camp, Recreation Tent
"17th Tactical Recon Sqdn EM Recreation tent. Musical instruments were available and many in the Sqdn could play. I do not know how the sign was painted." Sign in front of tent: "The Blue Room"
Baseball Game
"The all American past time - Baseball game on Mindoro, 17th Tactical Recon Sqdn both officers (pilots, crews) and EM rank seemed unimportant" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Softball Diamond at Dobodura. The American Red Cross provided athletic gear as…
Finchhaffen Camp, Barber
"Barber shop at Finsch" Sign on shop: "Beauty Salon" Sign on tree near shop: "This is only a picture. If you want the real stuff, take Atabrine" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Haircuts and Pills. Some enterprising soldier of the Milne Bay base performed…
KP Duty 3
"KP at the Coleman Immersion water heaters"
Finchhaffen Camp, Floor Panels
"17th Photo Section floor panels being labelled - built at Finsch"
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…
Finchhaffen Camp, Photo Section
"17th Photo Section - Finschhafen"
Dobodura Camp 9
"17th's First Camp area - tents - at Dobodura"
Ed Barrett, Photo Section
"Sgt Ed Barrett - 17th Photo"
B-25 "Little Joe"
![B-25 "Little Joe"](https://s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/eoudigitalarchive/square_thumbnails/edd7fc0430e8e925be3bb24eea2d3798.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAIGVQF5DU4TM5SWSA&Expires=1736611800&Signature=sIR8gwh01XSM0KMfaIwUZiAJqNg%3D "B-25 "Little Joe"")
"Nose art - The nose and Mission record of 17th Recon Sqdn's 'Little Joe,' C.O. Maj Wise's plane"