41st Cantonment, Hike
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"The start of a 10 mile hike from 41st Division Cantonment Area - steel helmets (WW1 variety) and battle packs - 1940/41"
Anonymous
1940/1941
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2010.1.1800
Oregon Reunion on Biak 10
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Hill, Fred
Rizor, Dean
"Former friend, Dean Rizor from Co E 186 Infantry, Oregon National Guard with Fred Hill, when they met on Biak"
Anonymous
1944-09
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2010.1.325
Oregon Reunion on Biak 9
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Stitzinger, Earnie
"Earnie Stitzinger, E Co 186th - holding Japanese earth moving tool."
Hill, Fred
1944-09
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2010.1.324
Oregon Reunion on Biak 8
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Gamble, Jay
Hill, Fred
"Fred Hill and E Co 186th Infantry friends from the days in Oregon National Guard Infantry Co in - La Grande Oregon - Jay Gamble"
Anonymous
1944-09
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2010.1.323
Oregon Reunion on Biak 7
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Corey, Bill
Hill, Fred
"E Co 186th Infantry - 1st Sgt Bill Corey - and Fred Hill (Air Force) We were together in National Guard - La Grande OR"
Anonymous
1944-09
(c)Eastern Oregon University. This image is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution - Noncommercial - No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/). Acknowledgement of Eastern Oregon University as a source is required. For print quality images, prints, or high resolution tiff files, or commercial uses please contact the Library Director at Eastern Oregon University.
2010.1.322
Oregon Reunion on Biak 6
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Badger, Ralph
Corey, Bill
Hill, Fred
"Sgt Fred Hill, 1st Sgt Bill Corey, 1st Lt Ralph Badger - Visit by Hill to E Co 186 Inf. Camp on Biak. Before transferring to Air Force, Hill was also a member of ORE Nat'l Guard unit"
Anonymous
1944-09
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2010.1.321
Oregon Reunion on Biak 5
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Badger, Ralph
Buckley, Walter
Corey, Bill
"former E Co 186 Infantry friends from Oregon National Guard in La Grande Oregon - 2nd Lt Walt Buckley, 1st Sgt Bill Corey, and 1st Lt Badger"
Hill, Fred
1944-09
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2010.1.320
Oregon Reunion on Biak 4
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Buckley, Walter
Corey, Bill
"Former friends from E Co 186th Infantry. Lt Walter Buckley and 1st Sgt Bill Corey from Oregon National Guard days in La Grande, Oregon. Jap 25 cal. automatic rifle - foreground"
Hill, Fred
1944-09
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2010.1.253
Oregon Reunion on Biak 3
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Stitzinger, Ernie
"Earnie Stitzinger E Co 186th Inf."
Hill, Fred
1944-09
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2010.1.252
Oregon Reunion on Biak 2
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Coats, Jim
Cochran, Harold M.
Hill, Fred
Rizor, Dean
Stitzinger, Ernie
"Old E Co 186th Infantry National Guard friends from La Grande, Oregon, met on Biak. Sgt Fred Hill (Air Force), Lt Cochran, Sgt Ernie Stitzinger, Cpl Dean Rizor, S/Sgt Jim Coats" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Oregon Reunion. On September 11-12, Hill was surprised to meet a number of soldiers he had known back in Oregon where they had served together in the National Guard in 1940. On September 19, he set out and found these four more Oregon soldiers who had just returned from patrol with the 41st Division that recently defeated the Japanese. In his letters, Hill noted that these men had new Japanese pistols and other spoils that they would trade for quarts of liquor. Front right to left: Jim Coats (Elgin) and Dean Rizor (La Grande)
back left to right: Fred Hill (Elgin), Harold M Cochran (La Grande), and Ernie Stitzinger (La Grande)." ("Darkroom Soldier" caption authored by George Venn)
Anonymous
1944-09
(c)Eastern Oregon University. This image is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution - Noncommercial - No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/). Acknowledgement of Eastern Oregon University as a source is required. For print quality images, prints, or high resolution tiff files, or commercial uses please contact the Library Director at Eastern Oregon University.
2010.1.251