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Dagupan, Salt Refining 2
"Part of salt refining process - Dagupan" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Refining Salt. On his day off, Hill sometimes walked the eight miles from Binmaley to Dagupan and photographed whatever he might see along the road. Walking home one May afternoon,…
Dagupan, Salt Refining 3
"Salt refining steps"
Dagupan, Salt Refining 4
"Salt refining process" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Refining Salt. On his day off, Hill sometimes walked the eight miles from Binmaley to Dagupan and photographed whatever he might see along the road. Walking home one May afternoon, he interviewed and…
Dobodura Camp Movie Theater 1
"The seating area an the Projection booth for movies at the Dobodura camp site - Screen not shown" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Outdoor Theater, Dobodura. On a berm separating the flat camp area from the jungle, the soldiers improvised a sidehill…
Dobodura Camp, Chapel Altar
From "Darkroom Soldier": "Altar Table. Hill regularly attended Protestant Sunday services at the 71st Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron chapel, a post and beam structure with thatched walls and steeple. Here, the communion table is arrayed with…
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…
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 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…
Dobodura Natives "Sing Sing" 6
"Assembly of Native leaders all in feather head dresses kneeling - for a group portrait Papua New Guinea Chief participants in big 'Sing Sing' in the area of Dobodura - New Guinea in their tribal finery feather head dresses" From "Darkroom Soldier":…