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Japanese Abandon Clark Field 3
"6 views of Japanese air craft and hanger ruins at Clark Field, North of Manila" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Hangar Wreckage. During the Battle of Manila, Allied planes bombed and strafed all Japanese airfields in the area. Hill saved this photo by…
Manila, Tsubaki Club 1
"Cite of the Tsubaki Club - An information gathering point operated by Claire Phillips. This picture was used in the book 'Ghost Soldiers.' The story of the 9th Ranger battalion which rescued the remnant of the Bataan Death March survivors." From…
Japanese Burial Urn 2
"A Japanese ceramic burial urn - on Okinawa"
Japanese Burial Urn 1
"A Japanese ceramic burial urn - on Okinawa"
Japanese Heavy Equipment 3
"Hollandia Jap Prime mover - radiator on each side of engine"
Heavy Artillery Gun Barrel 3
"Breech block of Jap artillery gun"
Japanese Airplane Wreckage
"Souvenier hunters - Rising Sun parts of Jap airplane wing" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Wreckage at Hollandia. During the period 30 March through 3 April, [Hill's Fifth Air Force bombers] destroyed or damaged over 300 Japanese aircraft, most of them on…
Japanese Fortified Cave 2
"A cave entrance on Biak - wooden ammunition boxes abandoned just outside a Japanese fortification"
Japanese Fortified Cave 1
"Entry to cliff caves in the coral wall facing the beach at Biak. The cliff was honeycombed with caves" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Fortified Cave. Prior to Allied invasion on May 27 1944, Japanese forces constructed many defenses, such as this…
Japanese "Pill Box" 1
"A Japanese fortified 'pill box.' The howitzer has had the breech blown out as the position was abandoned." From "Darkroom Soldier": "Ending in a Pill Box. Another in his series on destroyed Japanese armament, Hill records here a Japanese 75 mm…