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Leyte Local Draws Water 1
"Filipino Lady drawing water from shallow well with can on a stick - Leyte"
Biak Camp, Men's Tent 2
"The cot and equipment of Sgt. Fred Hill. Two boards of salvaged lumber for a floor. 50 cal ammo boxes - with silica gel from engine boxes - kept film and personal cameras, and stationery dry. 30 cal carbine hangs from bedside. Loafer slippers from…
Biak Camp, Men's Tent 1
"Typical enlisted men's tent on Biak, Dutch New Guinea 17th Tact. Recon Sqdn" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Mokmer Village Home. Hill described his personal quarters on Biak as the most primitive of any of his ten sites. Here he records....a canvas tent…
Biak Natives "Sing Sing" 6
"Dancers at a "Sing Sing" to celebrate Dutch Queen Wilamina's Birthday. Gov't furnished crepe paper hats"
Charles Martin, Helmet Laundry
"S/Sgt Charles Martin (Photo section) Doing laundry in his helmet" From "Darkroom Soldier": "New Sergeant. Here, S/Sgt Charles Martin, the new head of Hill's Photo Section and a former St. Louis newspaper photographer, washes his clothes in his…
Finchhaffen Camp, Stuck Jeep
"Jeep in a mud bog in camp area - Finchhaffen - 17th Recon Sqdn" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Jeep in Mud. Men walking in the muck from mess hall to Photo Section skirt the deep mudhole where a jeep was abandoned. When the rains stopped and the mud…
Finchhaffen Mosquito Abatement 3
"Sgt Bob Casey, Mata, Moto, M/Sgt Tryk. Ice cubes - strange new things to local citizens #3 filter" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Ice Cube Friends. Mata and Moto, two boys from the Finschhafen area hired by the Army to spray for mosquitos, pose with Sgt…
General Eisenhower 11
"Gen Eisenhower Fort Lewis Post Inspection 1946 - Soldiers field equipment display - Pup tents, etc."
General Eisenhower 9
"Gen Eisenhower Field Inspection - Fort Lewis 1946"
General Eisenhower 6
"Fort Lewis Inspection field inspection - pup tents etc" "Gen Eisenhower Fort Lewis Post inspection 1946 - Field inspection"