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Finchhaffen Mosquito Abatement 9
"Bob Casey with Moto and Mata at Finschaffen"
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"
Finchhaffen Camp Chapel
"71st Group Chapel"
Finchhaffen Camp, Washing Machine
"Washing machine built by Service Section of 17th"
Sign, Atabrine 2
"Medic's signs reminding men to take Atabrine - Anti-Malaria pills - 'Remember this?" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Remember This. Signs by the 263rd Medical Battalion urged all soldiers to faithfully take Atabrine, the bitter yellow anti-malaria pill.…
Finchhaffen Mosquito Abatement 8
"Bob Casey between two local New Guinea men 'Mata' and 'Moto' who worked for mosquito abatement to spray kerosine on standing water puddles"