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"Officer's tents at Finschhafen"

"Souvenier hunters - Rising Sun parts of Jap airplane wing" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Wreckage at Hollandia. During the period 30 March through 3 April, [Hill's Fifth Air Force bombers] destroyed or damaged over 300 Japanese aircraft, most of them on…

"Sgt Bob Casey eating canned pineapple - Hollandia" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Bob Casey. Hill catches his friend, formerly a photo lab technician and now a photo gunner, feasting on a canned treat -- sweet sliced Australian pineapple." ("Darkroom…

"Waiting in the mud - to board ship at Hollandia"

"Dick Baxter cutting hair for Bob Casey - Finchhafen"

"Van Reimer - head out of mosquito net - in his cot - Binmaley" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Van Reimer Resting. Sometimes, Photo Section men worked all night, then went to bed after breakfast -- as may have been the case here." ("Darkroom Soldier"…

"Engine change at Lingayen - Bernardo on the hoist" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Changing an Engine. After a certain number of hours, plane engines had to be replaced rather than repaired. Here, Hill documents the derrick and crew preparing to hoist a…

"Cpl Bill Wilding - Transportation Dept - eating from mess kit on fender of truck aboard ship"

"Warf at Hollandia" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Waiting for the Pig Boat. On a Hollandia dock, Hill waits for the rest of the men to return to the 'Pig Boat' so they can all be ferried back to the Russell Sage." ("Darkroom Soldier" caption authored by…

"Warf at Hollandia"