"The 17th tactical Recon Sqdn Photo Section. The 4 connected wall tents. Paramidal tent to the left and behind housed photo Lab men. Trailer darkrooms - supplied by Gov't were not used too hot!" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Darkrooms and Mud. Hill's…
"Convoy of Army trucks - Finchhaffen area - Yes, there was also mud at Leyte" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Convoy in Mud. Hill noted that, because of the mud, trucks like these could not climb a twenty-degree slope without spinning out or sometimes…
"17th Tact. Recon Sqdn. 4 men - with shovels - trying to get a jeep out of the mud. A civilian structure in the area" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Dulag Mud. When the rains began in the Leyte Valley, the dry cornfield around the photo lab turned into a…