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41st Division, War Exercises 7
"41st Div. - War Games training - Fort Lewis - Infantry officers as umpires - wearing arm bands - to determine whether the Blue Army or the Red Army should be credited with winning a particular 'skirmish"
41st Division, War Exercises 6
"41st Div. - War Games training - Fort Lewis - Blue Army advancing toward Red position"
Mindoro Picnic Group 2
"Jap bomber destroyed on the ground by Filipino Guerillas - Bill Cox of 49th Fighter w/ pith helmet"
Mindoro Picnic 2
A picnic - 49th Fighter Mess Sgt Bill Cox, Red Cross girl Clara Cohen at center, and unidentified 49th Fighter member - coffee percolater and sheet cake
Clara Cohen, Red Cross 2
"One of the Red Cross girls - who served coffee from a jeep out on the line - to returning air crews - Clara Cohen"
Clara Cohen, Red Cross 1
"One of the Red Cross coffee hostess girls who met the returning flight crews with fresh coffee - Clara Cohen"
Red Cross Service 3
"A Red Cross girl serving coffee to ground crew men on the flight line - San Jose Mindoro"
Red Cross Service 1
"Red Cross girls serving coffee inside a shelter"
Musical Entertainment 2
"Fun jam session at 49th Fighter's Red Cross - entertainer at pump organ - Bill Cox on Sax - Bass fiddle at right. Center low, is Cpl Ehrman"
Red Cross Facilities 3
"The Red Cross was more visible than USO in the South Pacific - Girls provided music, coffee - a place to 'hang out,' throw darts and talk. They were wonderful!" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Support the Red Cross. From Milne Bay onward, Hill praised the…