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Art, Palm Trees
"Palm trees - Art Study at Milne Bay" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Coconut Palms, Milne Bay. Six miles wide and twenty miles long, Milne Bay was -- for Hill -- both a mud hole and a tropical paradise. White sand beaches, clear seas, blazing sunsets,…
Bathing Facilities
"Bathing Facilities - A shallow stream at Milne Bay - New Guinea" Ed Bernardo is looking back over his left shoulder as Dick Baxter sits in the water to his left. From "Darkroom Soldier": "Milne Bay Skinny Dippers. Small rivers and streams flowing…
Bob Casey at Base of Tree
"Sgt Bob Casey at base of a big tree, surrounded by 'Tarzan' like vines. Within hiking distance of the 17th Recon Sqdn base Camp area" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Sgt Casey in the Jungle. The lowland rain forest around Hill's camp is one of the world's…
Tags: 17th Recon Sqdn, Darkroom, Islands, Jungle, Oro Province, Soldier quote, Tarzan, Trees, Uniforms, Vines
Dobodura Camp 1
The camp at Dobodura with tall palm trees in the foreground. "Hill - Photo Section - Salinas & Laurel - Doc Speer, Tregea, etc."
Tags: Camps, Islands, Jungle, Oro Province, Palm trees
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"