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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…
Tags: Darkroom, Inn, Oro Province, Rainblows, Signs, Soldier quote, Tents, The
Dobodura Hut Sleeping Quarters 1
"Thatched home of the Photo Crew of 3rd Attack Group - at river's edge, just below The Photo Lab. Dobodura is in the Buna and Gona villages on the N.E. coast of New Guinea" From "Darkroom Soldier": "3rd Attack Group Quarters. On the back of this…
Dobodura Hut Sleeping Quarters 2
"Residence of the 3rd Attack Group Photo Section men including the 5 men of the 17th Recon "on loan" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Our House on Embi Creek. Located about thirty yards behind their Photo Lab, this typical native building -- post and beam,…
Dobodura Hut Sleeping Quarters 3
"Bamboo & thatch sleeping quarters for Photo Section of 3rd Attack Group on Embi Creek"
Dobodura Hut Sleeping Quarters 4
"Bamboo & thatch sleeping quarters for Photo Section of 3rd Attack Group on Embi Creek"
Dobodura Hut Sleeping Quarters 5
"Bamboo & thatch sleeping quarters for Photo Section of 3rd Attack Group Housing on River -- Embi Creek"
Dobodura Hut Sleeping Quarters 6
"Bamboo & thatch sleeping quarters for Photo Section of 3rd Attack Group Housing on River -- Embi Creek"
Dobodura Hut Village
A thatch hut in a local Dobodura village. "These negatives are not for section use - Sgt. Casey"
Tags: Children, Huts, Natives, Oro Province, Villages
Dobodura Jungle & Bay
This is a small bay and surrounding jungle in Dobodura, New Guinea. "Hill - Photo Section - Salinas & Laurel - Doc Speer, Tregea, etc."
Tags: Banana leaves Bays, Islands, Jungle, Oro Province, Palm trees
Dobodura Jungle 1
"New Guinea Jungle - our first experience wth real jungle 17th Recon Sqdn" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Into the Tropic Jungle. On November 16, Hill's squadron boarded the Liberty ship SS John Steinmetz in Milne Bay and sailed north to Dobodura, which…
Tags: 17th Recon Sqdn, Darkroom, Islands, Jungle, Oro Province, Palm fronds, Soldier quote, Trees, Vines