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Red Cross Facilities 2
"Red Cross facilities -[one of] 2 images." On sign over pathway: "American Red Cross Recreation Hall"
Position: 1161 (8 views)
Biak, Ocean Swimming 5
"Swimming off barge at Biak"
Position: 6115 (3 views)
Biak, Ocean Swimming 4
"Swimming off barge at Biak"
Position: 1161 (8 views)
Biak, Ocean Swimming 3
"Diving into 20 ft. deep water off the barge at Biak"
Position: 6115 (3 views)
Biak, Ocean Swimming 2
"Swimming off a sunken barge at edge of a coral shelf. Possible to wade to the barge and dive into 20 ft deep water on seaward side at Biak, Dutch New Guinea 17th tactical Recon Sqdn"
Position: 9493 (2 views)
Biak, Ocean Swimming 1
"Some of the best ocean swimming in the S. Pacific was off a barge at the edge of a coral shelf at Biak. Thigh deep out to the barge - 20' deep on other" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Swim Time. Before showers were set up, soldiers first bathed in fresh…
Position: 9493 (2 views)
Big Emby Lake 1
"Big Emby Lake - near (1/2 hr hike) our camp at Dobodura. We fished there. Had a raft and later - re-cycled inflated life rafts from aircraft" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Big Embi Lake. After a fishing trip here, Hill wrote Martha, 'Around sunup, I…
Position: 4187 (4 views)
Big Emby Lake Fish Fry
"Sgt Ed Bernardo frying fish from Big Emby Lake - at night (note flashlight) Make-shift stove! taken with Sqdn's Speed Graphic & flash." From "Darkroom Soldier": "Fish Fry. Ed Bernardo dons his chef hat and grills the fresh catch from Big Embi Lake.…
Position: 899 (9 views)
First View of New Guinea
"Copy of the first view of New Guinea as the SS Gen John Pope arrived" From "Darkroom Soldier": "The Wharf of Milne Bay, November 4, 1943. Here, in August, 1942, an attack by Japanese naval forces had been repulsed by Australian infantry defending…
Position: 3032 (5 views)
Ed Bernardo and Walt Peters
"Recreational 'horse play.' Skinny Walt Peters holding a more robust Ed Bernardo. Walt is a medic / Ed - Photo Camera Maintenance"
Position: 2212 (6 views)