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Leyte, LST Loading
"LST being loaded"
Leyte, LST Signal Man
"LST Signal Man"
Leyte, Mud Boat 1
"Carabao pulling a 'mud boat' to bring supplies from the street to our kitchen - Too muddy for our trucks" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Mud Boat Season. When deep mud made four-wheel-drive jeeps useless (background), many key places on Leyte became…
Leyte, Mud Boat 2
"Carabao pulling a 'mud boat' to bring supplies from the street to our kitchen - Too muddy for our trucks"
Leyte, Mud Sled
"Only way to get supplies from the street to camp area - through the mud at Dulag, Leyte. 17th Tactical Recon Sqdn. (no face on the carabao)"
Leyte, Outrigger Welcome 1
"The canoes that came out to welcome us as we arrived at Tacloban Leyte Oct 28 1944" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Invading Leyte. On October 20, 1944, four divisions of the U.S. Sixth Army, including the XXIV Corps from the Central Pacific, invaded…
Leyte, Outrigger Welcome 2
"Traders came out in Dug-out outrigger canoes to Welcome US troops as ships waited for their turn at the 3 spaces at Tacloban Dock. They brought fresh fruit, chickens, even singing girls (good voices)"
Leyte, Outrigger Welcome 3
"Traders came out in Dug-out outrigger canoes to Welcome US troops as ships waited for their turn at the 3 spaces at Tacloban Dock. They brought fresh fruit, chickens, even singing girls (good voices)" "Traders who met the boat / Tacloban Harbor"
Leyte, Outrigger Welcome 4
"Outrigger canoes met the arriving ships at Tacloban, Leyte to sell live chickens, bananas, or even to have a girl sing for us. This is one example"
Leyte, Outrigger Welcome 5
"Outrigger canoes like this one, came out to our ships - in the harbor at Tacloban - to sell fruit, chickens, souvenirs, or some even had talented girls to sing - for tips, of course"