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Aerial, Finchhaffen Campsite
"Aerial of 17th Recon Sqdn Campsite" Map on glassine envelope indicating location of Photo Lab and Communications, as well as the Mess Hall.
Art, Branches 1
"Infra Red - 'Arty' Limbs by the beach. Speed graphic original"
Art, Branches 2
"Infra Red - 'Arty' Limbs by the beach. Speed graphic original"
Art, Branches 3
"Infra Red - 'Artsy' study"
Art, Kunai Grass Heads
"Infra Red - 'Arty' Kunai Grass heads" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Infrared Experiment. Throughout his two years in the Pacific Theater, Hill regularly tested cameras, photographic techniques, and film. This image, as he explained to Martha, was 'an…
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,…
Bamboo Comb
"Hand carved bamboo comb - a tourist trade item - perhaps actually used by local people. Called a supwac" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Papuan Supwac. Hill brought home this typical hand-carved comb for which he traded two flashlight batteries. He later…
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…
Finchhaffen Camp Chapel
"71st Group Chapel"
Finchhaffen Camp in Mud
"Muddy path to the mess hall - Finschhafen" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Muck and the Mess Hall. Communications and Photo Section men lived furthest from the mess hall. To eat regular meals, soldiers had to negotiate six inches of slippery and sticky…