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War is Over! Celebrations 4
"Faye Higgins - The smallest man in 17th Photo Lab, holds Russell Price, the largest, to celebrate war's end!"
War is Over! Celebrations 2
"The War is Over! Off comes the mustache" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Shaven Clean. As Hill wrote Martha, to celebrate the end of the war, a 'couple of boys who had prodigious beards were mobbed by others who produced soap and razors and began to shave…
War is Over! Celebrations 1
"17th Photo Section - The War is Over!" Sign reads: "CLOSED Open Next War under New Management" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Ending Metaphor. To interpret the end of military hostilities, Photo Section men revised their sign to show they felt like…
Walt Peters, Medic Section
"Medic Section's Walt Peters with locally acquired straw hat - Walt was a member of the six tentmates who lived together through many moves"
Van Reimer with Puppies 2
"Cpl Van Reimer with two puppy dog friends - at Dulag"
Van Reimer with Puppies 1
"Van Reimer, Photo section film processor 17th Tact. Recon. Sqdn. enjoys two pups as he sits at the entrance to fox hole"
Van Reimer Holding Fish
"Van Reimer - caught the largest fish of all - crash boat fishing trips" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Wahoo Fisherman. Van Reimer holds his catch: thirty pounds, forty-one inches. Also called 'jack mackerel,' this fish has a dark blue upper body and…
Stringing Telephone Wires 1
"Communications Unit stringing telephone wires on Biak Island"
Sgt Marion Robbins
"Sgt Marion Robbins"
S/Sgt Weber, Communications
"S/Sgt Weber at the Communications tent of the 17th Tact. Recon Sqdn complex at Dulag - Leyte"