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B-25, 17th Tail Art
"Tail painting design of 17th Tactical Recon Sqdn B-25's. Serial no. 33991 - Aircraft unknown" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Fuselage Art. Painting nicknames, names and personalized icons on the fuselage was an unsanctioned but traditional art of Army…
B-25, Bomb Loading
"Bomb loading B-25" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Loading a Bomb. 'Would like to get the Ordnance boys loading bombs some day,' Hill wrote Martha. Here, he documents the first step in that process: a hand-cranked winch is preparing to lift a bomb into…
B-25, Engine Change 1
"Engine change at Lingayen - Bernardo on the hoist" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Changing an Engine. After a certain number of hours, plane engines had to be replaced rather than repaired. Here, Hill documents the derrick and crew preparing to hoist a…
B-25, Maintenance 3
"17th Recon Mechanics working on B-25's" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Servicing a B-25. A mechanic inspects one of the nine-cylinder engines on a bomber/strafer/photo reconnaissance plane of the 17th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron" ("Darkroom…
B-25J, Nose Guns
"Sy Rosenblatt adjusting feed chutes to 8 gun nose" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Nose Guns. S/Sgt Sy Rosenblatt contemplates the .50 caliber machine gun mounted in the bombardier's compartment in this B-25J. With two packet guns mounted on sides of the…
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…
Bamboo Water Tubes 1
"Local residents carrying drinking water from Army Purification unit in large bamboo tubes" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Purified Water. At Parai, Hill also documented two alert young men patiently catching drinking water from a leaky Corps of Engineers…
Baseball Game
"The all American past time - Baseball game on Mindoro, 17th Tactical Recon Sqdn both officers (pilots, crews) and EM rank seemed unimportant" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Softball Diamond at Dobodura. The American Red Cross provided athletic gear as…
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…
Biak Camp Movie Theater
"The 17th Tact. Redon Sqdn's movie theater on Biak. Men provided their own seating, some quite elaborate. Men from other units were welcome, but behind the pole fence" From "Darkroom Soldier": "17th Squdron Movie Theater. Hill and his fellow soldiers…