Biak, Ocean Swimming 1
Naval ships
Recreation
Swimming
"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 water trickling into coral tidal pools. To cool off, keep clean, and avoid the scrub typhus plague, nearly every evening they put on their shoes, then waded out to an abandoned fuel barge sunk at the edge of the coral shelf. From the barge, they dove into clear 85 degree water twenty feet deep, and on the bottom, they saw the coral gardens." ("Darkroom Soldier" caption authored by George Venn)
Hill, Fred
9/30/1944
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Biak, Ocean Swimming 2
Naval ships
Recreation
Swimming
"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"
Hill, Fred
9/30/1944
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Biak, Ocean Swimming 3
Recreation
Swimming
"Diving into 20 ft. deep water off the barge at Biak"
Hill, Fred
9/30/1944
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2010.1.1402
Biak, Ocean Swimming 4
Recreation
Swimming
"Swimming off barge at Biak"
Hill, Fred
9/30/1944
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2010.1.1404
Biak, Ocean Swimming 5
Recreation
Swimming
"Swimming off barge at Biak"
Hill, Fred
9/30/1944
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2010.1.1406
Dobodura Camp Swimming
Islands
Military uniforms
Military vehicles
Swimming
Soldiers swim in an inlet near camp, perhaps also doing laundry and bathing.
Hill, Fred
1943
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Mindoro, Local Bathers 1
Children
Native peoples
"Bathers, caught off guard - in river on Mindoro - Filipino girls"
Hill, Fred
1945
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2010.1.542
Mindoro, Local Bathers 2
Children
Native peoples
"Girls at river - bathing"
Hill, Fred
1945
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