Leyte Camp, Loading Up 1
Military camps
Military uniforms
Military vehicles
"17th Tact. Recon Sqdn Photo section loading lab gear onto a truck in preparation for move to Mindoro - Note tire chains (for mud) on truck"
Hill, Fred
1944-12
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Leyte Camp, Motor Pool
Military camps
Military vehicles
"Ruts in the mud of the motor pool at Dulag Leyte - 17th Tactical Recon Sqdn. Trucks, tents, palm trees on perimeter"
Hill, Fred
1944
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Leyte Camp, Packed Up 1
Military camps
"17th Tact. Recon Sqdn ground forces. Packed, ready to move (on to Mindoro - Dec 1944) 0445 - GG was our Sqdn Code identification. Photo Section and Supply section"
Hill, Fred
1944-12
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2010.1.458
Leyte, Jeep in Mud 1
Military uniforms
Military vehicles
"Military Police Jeep negotiating a typical muddy road. Note 4 wheel drive front wheels spinning. Area of Dulag, Leyte"
Hill, Fred
1944
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Leyte, Jeep in Mud 2
Military uniforms
Military vehicles
"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 quagmire of deep and slushy mud." ("Darkroom Soldier" caption authored by George Venn)
Hill, Fred
1944
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Leyte, Mud Boat 1
Animals
Military vehicles
Native peoples
"Carabao pulling a 'mud boat' to bring supplies from the street to our kitchen - Too muddy for our trucks" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Mud Boat Season. When deep mud made four-wheel-drive jeeps useless (background), many key places on Leyte became inaccessible. So, during the rainy season, U.S. forces hired Filipino carabao drivers with mud sleds to ferry all essentials -- food, mail, water, and other supplies -- from graveled main roads to such essential institutions as the Dulag mess hall." ("Darkroom Soldier" caption authored by George Venn)
Richards, Clarence
12/2/1944
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Leyte, Mud Boat 2
Animals
Military uniforms
Military vehicles
Native peoples
"Carabao pulling a 'mud boat' to bring supplies from the street to our kitchen - Too muddy for our trucks"
Richards, Clarence
12/2/1944
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2010.1.420
Leyte, Mud Sled
Animals
Native peoples
"Only way to get supplies from the street to camp area - through the mud at Dulag, Leyte. 17th Tactical Recon Sqdn. (no face on the carabao)"
Hill, Fred
1944
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2010.1.421
Leyte, Truck in Mud 1
Military vehicles
"Truck in the mud with which we had to contend at the 17th Sqdn Camp area (a corn field) in the rainy season"
Hill, Fred
1944
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Leyte, Truck in Mud 2
Military uniforms
Military vehicles
"Tractor pulling Command Car out of the mud at Dulag Leyte 17th Tactical Recon Sqdn Camp area"
Hill, Fred
1944
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