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"Children of the families related to James Aubi on Ambulong - froma visit from a crash boat fishing outing - to one of very small neighboring Islands" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Nieces of James Aubi." ("Darkroom Soldier" caption authored by George…

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"Tethered pigs - on Ambulong while on a visit as a guest of James Aubi. Other men were fishing from the crash boat" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Tethered Pigs. James Aubi's home, Ambulong Island in Mindoro Strait south of San Jose." ("Darkroom Soldier"…

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"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…

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"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,…

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"Disney character 'Pluto' B-24 nose art" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Fuselage Art. Painting nicknames, names and personalized icons on the fuselage was an unsanctioned but traditional art of Army Air Force crews. The motifs were varied and extensive --…

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"Artist, Merkling, at work on what was to become 'Queen Mae' one of the outstanding nose art examples in the whole South Pacific" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Merkling and 'Queen Mae'. Cpl Al G. Merkling earned many pesos from flight crews for his…

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"90th Bomb Group 'Jolly Rogers' - 'Queen Mae' by Merkling - the finished painting - there is a negative of Merkling painting this image" - (2010.1.1007) From "Darkroom Soldier": "Merkling and 'Queen Mae'. Cpl Al G. Merkling earned many pesos from…

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"B-24 #9982 Taxiing - Shark face nose art - Mindoro probably" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Taxiing Bomber. The nose of the Liberator in the 320th Squadron [was] painted with a shark's mouth. This was known as the 'Moby Dick' squadron." ("Darkroom…

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"Sea Rescue. 17th B-25 'Little Joe' crash landed in Ocean. Crew picked up by Navy PBY from their life rafts" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Rescuing the 'Little Joe' Crew. On July 13, a Photographic Reconnaissance B-25 named 'Little Joe' was shot down…

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"Nose art. 17th Recon Sqdn B-25 'Mitch the Witch' - Straight side view - not all missions tallys show" "From "Darkroom Soldier": "Fuselage Art. Painting nicknames, names and personalized icons on the fuselage was an unsanctioned but traditional art…
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