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Binmaley Camp, Tent Mates
"The Photo Lab members of our tent family. Dick Baxter, Allan Countryman, Fred Hill, Ed Bernardo, and Van Reimer. Sixth member Walt Peters, a Medic, not included here." From "Darkroom Soldier": "Bamboo Chairs. The Photo Section bought new chairs and…
Binmaley Cemetery 3
"Above ground graves - Binmaley 1945" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Binmaley Cemetery Funeral. Across the road from the Binmaley camp, Hill discovered a local cemetery. One day the mourners invited him to photograph their funeral procession, including…
Binmaley Cemetery Funeral 2
"Binmaley cemetery Band" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Binmaley Cemetery Funeral. Across the road from the Binmaley camp, Hill discovered a local cemetery. One day the mourners invited him to photograph their funeral procession, including men, women,…
Binmaley Cemetery Funeral 3
"Child's coffin and funeral mourners - Binmaley" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Binmaley Cemetery Funeral. Across the road from the Binmaley camp, Hill discovered a local cemetery. One day the mourners invited him to photograph their funeral procession,…
Binmaley Local Fishing 1
"Filipino lady fishing in one of the 'milk fish' ponds by the 17th Recon Sqdn camp" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Calmay River Ponds. Poised on a dike in front of Hill's camp at Binmaley (background), this agile and patient Filipino woman is catching…
Binmaley Local, "Osping" 2
"Osping' and his mother" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Local Help. House boy Osping and his mother. Like Juan Quilla, Osping was great to have around and his mother was a delightful person." ("Darkroom Soldier" caption authored by George Venn)
Binmaley Locals, Horse Cart 1
"Calesio (horse-drawn passenger cart) exiting the bridge across the river at Binmaley" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Caretilla Passing. Hill saw these two-wheel horse-drawn vehicles, which were used primarily for passengers, throughout the Lingayen…
Binmaley, Carabao
"Portrait of a Carabao near Ubistondo" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Carabao. As Hill wrote to Martha, 'Water buffalo are used for all farm power. They are called carabao by the people here. Those beasts please me immensely.' Slow, steady, and…
Binmaley, Fruit Peddlers 5
"Rosie" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Fruit Vendors. In his second letter from Binmaley, Hill praised these local vendors: '[They] come through camp all day long selling bananas, tomatoes, peanuts, mangos, baskets, pottery, bamboo chairs and stools,…
Binmaley, Shelled Cathedral "Mary"
"The statue of Mary in the Cathedral at San Carlos - Luzon" Appears to be an error on sleeve, as Hill describes this exact statue in "Darkroom Soldier": "Tried the figure of the Virgin holding a headless Christ child, but it is in the most difficult…