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KP Duty, Fred Hill
"Fred Hill, Sergeant, on KP" From "Darkroom Soldier": "New Guinea KP. Sometime during the summer of 1944, Martha delivered this photo and caption information to her local newspaper: 'Stationed with a photo reconaissance group of the Army Air Force is…
Liberty Ship, Russell Sage 1
"Life aboard the Liberty Ship Russell Sage Finchhaffen to Biak - June 30 to July 28 with long layover in Humbolt Bay"
Liberty Ship, Russell Sage 4
"Liberty Ship as seen from aboard another Liberty Ship" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Liberty Ship on Humboldt Bay. On May 25, 1944, as part of the overall Allied movement up the New Guinea coast, an advance echelon of Hill's 17th Squadron moved to Wakde…
Earl Powers, Photo-Gunner
"Sgt Earl E. Powers, former Photo Section member who became a Photo-gunner in a combat crew" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Photo Gunners. Two men in Hill's Photo Reconnaissance section, his friends Sgt Earl Powers (above) and Sgt Bob Casey, moved up the…
Dobodura Photo Section
"The 3rd Attack Group Photo Section crew - including 5 men on loan from the 17th Recon Sqdn Front Row L to R Jack Heyn - Jim Humphrey (Section Chief) - John Shemilyence - Leith Seely - Earnie Roy - Ken Ward - Joe DeNunno - George Newcomb - John Bahr…
Bathing Facilities
"Bathing Facilities - A shallow stream at Milne Bay - New Guinea" Ed Bernardo is looking back over his left shoulder as Dick Baxter sits in the water to his left. From "Darkroom Soldier": "Milne Bay Skinny Dippers. Small rivers and streams flowing…
First Muddy Camp 2
"The muddy temporary camp site at Milne Bay - building a 'Cordurary' walk way to get from road into our camp area"
First Muddy Camp 1
"First (temporary) camp of the ground crew of 17th Recon Sqdn - Milne Bay New Guinea Nov 4 to Nov 16 1943 in MUD - !" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Building the Aihoma Road. For the nine or ten days Hill's unit waited at Milne Bay, they were assigned to…
Communications 2
"M/Sgt Howard Tryk 123rd Communications Chief - on the telephone" "Laurel Army Air base"
Friends on Bikes 5
"Bob Wall and Hugo Busocke on bikes - Salinas - 1943 Jan."