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Fred Hill Sitting on Foxhole 2
"Sgt Fred Hill on the fox-hole cover by their tent at Dulag 17th Recon Sqdn" Included in "Darkroom Soldier."
Liberty Ship, Russell Sage 3
"20 mm AA gun on a Liberty ship - Silhouette" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Gun and Cloud. While waiting on the Russell Sage, Hill took various ship-board photos, including this of a 20 mm anti-aircraft gun silhouetted against a spectacular cloud."…
B-25, 17th Tail Art
"Tail painting design of 17th Tactical Recon Sqdn B-25's. Serial no. 33991 - Aircraft unknown" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Fuselage Art. Painting nicknames, names and personalized icons on the fuselage was an unsanctioned but traditional art of Army…
B-24, "Pluto"
"Disney character 'Pluto' B-24 nose art" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Fuselage Art. Painting nicknames, names and personalized icons on the fuselage was an unsanctioned but traditional art of Army Air Force crews. The motifs were varied and extensive --…
Big Emby Lake, Fishing 2
"M/Sgt Howard Tryk - fishing at Big Emby Lake" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Fishing Big Embi Lake. Seated on a raft that Hill and his friends created from five-gallon drums and boards, M/Sgt Howard Tryk waits for the big ones to bite." ("Darkroom…
Liberty Ship, Morning Exercise
"Calisthenics - shipboard" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Morning Calisthenics. Shipboard routine on the SS General John Pope usually included a morning exercise ritual which may or may not have been enthusiastically embraced by the soldiers. Taken a year…
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…
Dobodura Camp, Tent Sign
"Tent occupants! sign - Dobodura" Sign reads: "The Rainblows Inn - F/Sgt Rixham, T/Sgt Porreca, S/Sgt Lake, S/Sgt Baril" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Tent Frames and Fine Addresses. Before traditional planed lumber (dunnage) became available from ship…
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…
Japanese Airplane Wreckage
"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…