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Biak Natives "Sing Sing" 9
"Copy negative of native dancers at a "Sing Sing" to honor Dutch Queen Wilamina's Birthday - discrete, bare chested girls"
Tags: Bare breasted, Birthday, Celebration, Dutch, Geelvink Bay, Natives, Queen, Sing, Wilhelmina, Women
Corn Feast 4
"Fred Hill - corn on the cob - bought from a local farmer and cooked in our tent - we had a little Primus Stove. Rolled mosquito net and towels overhead. Foot powder, soap, ink bottle, and extra shoes under cot. Fred wears loafers from home, long…
Tags: 17th Tact Recon Sqdn, Corn on the cob, Cot, Feast, Primus stove, Tents
Aerial, Corregidor Supply Drop
"C-47 No X94 Jungle Skippers dropping supplies on Corregidor - 2 'chutes visible in air - from Lantern Slide - from Bob Flynn, 503rd historian. (Could be 17th Recon Sqdn original)"
Tags: 503rd C-47 No, Lantern slide, Skippers, Supply drop, X94 Jungle
Mindoro Picnic 1
"A picnic - a cook from the 49th Fighter, a Red Cross girl (Clara Cohen), Fred Hill and Cpl Ehrman - coffee percolator, a sheet cake" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Picnic in Peace. Left to right: unidentified soldier
Fred Hill with Filipino Friend
"Fred Hill and a special friend Marciana Arunda - a fruit seller who came regularly through our camp. She invited Fred to go with her to her home, meet her family, and share a meal" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Fruit Vendors. In his second letter from…
Tags: Barrio, Darkroom, Filipinos, Friends, Fruit seller, Linoc, Soldier quote, Uniforms, Widow
John Rixham, 1st Sgt
"1st Sgt John Rixham from 'Strike' 17th Tact. Recon Sqdn" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Rixham Demoted. Among his commanding officers, the fate of 1st Sgt John W. Rixham was perhaps the most ironic. As Hill told the story to Martha, he noted, 'I'll bet I…
Binmaley, Photo Section
"The 17th Photo Section staff - 20 men pictured plus 2 more. 22 man crew as of July 20 '45. 2 men - Ed Coit - Sgt Lab Tech. Albert Gertz - Cpl Chemical Maintenance - were rotated home with 110 points June 15, 1945" "L to R: Clarence Richards, Cpl Lab
Tags: /Sgts, 17th Chiefs, Cpls, Palm trees, Photo section, S, Sgts, T, Tents, Uniforms
Party, Photo & Communication Sections
"Photo Section / Communications section party. Earl Powers Steak fry cook. Laurel, Mississippi" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Photo and Communications Feast. Taken around August 9, when the atomic bomb destroyed Nagasaki, an anonymous cameraman records…
Fred Hill Washing Laundry
"Fred Hill washing his underwear - Ie Shima" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Laundry at the Spring. Sgt Fred Hill scrubs a pair of shorts at a freshwater spring about halfway down the trail to the tide flats. Given the absence of civilian service workers,…
Tags: 17th Tact Recon Sqdn, Coral, Darkroom, Laundry, Soldier quote, Stream, Washing
Fred Hill Family, Veterans
Written on envelope: "Participants in 1969 Vet's day Parade - La Grande, Oregon Lynn Hill - WWI - Ft. Lewis Lloyd Hill - Korean era Fred Hill - WWII - South Pacific Ed Hill - Vietnam era Photo by Observer Photog"
