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"Native girl leaning against a palm tree - bare breasted" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Melanesian Girl. During his months on the coast of eastern New Guinea, Hill photographed all genders, ages, and types of people. Here, and also in his letters to his…

"Assembly of Native leaders all in feather head dresses kneeling - for a group portrait Papua New Guinea Chief participants in big 'Sing Sing' in the area of Dobodura - New Guinea in their tribal finery feather head dresses" From "Darkroom Soldier":…

"Chess game - 2 photo Lab members of 3rd Attack Group Photo section Fred Hill looks on" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Chessman at Ease. Fred Hill watches Photo Section men play chess. Waiting for their planes to return, men had time to read, take…

"Thatched home of the Photo Crew of 3rd Attack Group - at river's edge, just below The Photo Lab. Dobodura is in the Buna and Gona villages on the N.E. coast of New Guinea" From "Darkroom Soldier": "3rd Attack Group Quarters. On the back of this…

"Flight Doc giving injection Dr. Louis Speers" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Giving Shots. Flight Surgeon 1st Lt Louis Speers wields the needle. Typhus, tetanus, cholera, and other inoculations kept tropical diseases under control. Describing the process…

"A 17th Photo Section Party at Laurel Miss, Summer of 1943 - Any excuse for a party Last row, standing by film dryer: M/Sgt Ramon J. Walsch, Section Head Back row: A. J. Countryman, Russell Price, Albert I. Gertz, Dale Risdon. Middle row: Dick…

"ID shots of Capt Forrest E Tregea - 17th Photo Officer" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Captain Forrest Tregea. A member and Photo Officer in the 17th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron since July, 1942, Capt Tregea knew how to supervise Hill's crew of…