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Ambulong Island 3
"Mother bathing young girl on tiny Island of Ambulong - part of the extended family of James Aubi - Taken by Fred Hill while other soldiers fished from the crash boat" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Bathing the Children. James Aubi's sister bathes her…
Ambulong Island 5
"Children of the families related to James Aubi on Ambulong - froma visit from a crash boat fishing outing - to one of very small neighboring Islands" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Nieces of James Aubi." ("Darkroom Soldier" caption authored by George…
Ambulong Island 8
"Tethered pigs - on Ambulong while on a visit as a guest of James Aubi. Other men were fishing from the crash boat" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Tethered Pigs. James Aubi's home, Ambulong Island in Mindoro Strait south of San Jose." ("Darkroom Soldier"…
Mindoro, Awards Assembly 1
"17th Tact. Recon Sqdn assembly for visit from Gen Whitehead to present medals to a number of recipients" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Brass Arrives. In spite of significant Japanese opposition, American forces established their Mindoro base. By the end…
Mindoro, Awards Assembly 2
"M/Sgt Robert Barlow - 28 years at this time, Gen. Ennis C. Whitehead, Maj Joel Wise - 17th C.O. After a presentation and a full Sqdn Formation." From "Darkroom Soldier": "Fifth Air Force Awards. Maj Gen Ennis Whitehead, Fifth Air Force (center)…
Mindoro, GI Laundry 1
"Filipino women (for most part) doing soldiers laundry in river" From "Darkroom Soldier": " Busuanga River: Upstream Bath, Downstream Laundry. Hill reported these scenes to Martha: 'En route home, we stopped at the deep part of the river for a swim.…
Mindoro, Sugar Plantation 1
"Sugar Plantation narrow guage Rail Road engine house tender of engine (steam) no. 8 in center stall" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Locomotive #8. During pre-war farming, these engines hauled raw sugar cane harvested on the southwest plains to the mill.…
Mindoro, Sugar Plantation 3
"Sugar Mill building area on Mindoro - some abandoned steam traction engines" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Abandoned Steam Tractors. After the Japanese invasion of Mindoro in February, 1942, operations apparently stopped at the Mindoro Sugar Cane…
Mindoro, Sugar Plantation 6
"Sugar Mill buildings" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Mill and Warehouse. In 1908, Americans bought the 55,000 acre estate of San Jose and set up the Mindoro Sugar Company. After years of Filipino protests against U.S. ownership, the company sold to…
Binmaley Camp, Sign 1
"17th Tactical Recon Sqdn sign at their campsite at Binmaley - Known as 'the Wreckoneers" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Wreckoneers Finale. This sign for the 17th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron marked the beginning of Hill's camp area. Designed and…