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"2 ladies and a man in outrigger canoe - Philippines - Leyte area"

"A very fine home in Tacloban, Leyte P.I. - No details"

"Dulag - edge of 17th T. R. Enlisted Men's area. Palm trees - a truck, tents and men - plus, local citizens"

"17th Tact. Recon Sqdn Enlisted men's tent area. Filipino girls peddled fruit through the camp daily - Dulag, Leyte, P.I." From "Darkroom Soldier": "Fruit Vendors. In his second letter from Binmaley, Hill praised these local vendors: '[They] come…

"At camp in Dulag Leyte (Philippines) local girls often visited selling bananas, papaya, etc. Good kids, nicely dressed but almost always bare foot"

"Tents in EM's area, Dulag. 2 soldiers watch children braid palm leaf thatch. 17th Tact. Recon Sqdn"

"Filipino men pause to be photographed from their task of constructing a bamboo tent frame. 17th Tactical Recon Sqdn"

"Mess Hall construction - Bamboo frame work and thatch at Dulag 17th Recon Sqdn"

"Filipino persons braiding halves of palm branches to make siding thatch - for mess hall of 17th Tact. Recon Sqdn camp at Dulag"

"Filipino Craftsmen preparing to thatch the roof of the Mess hall structure at Dulag 17th Tact. Recon Sqdn"