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"17th Engineering Dept Welder. Percy Smith Cpl" "Laurel AB" (Air Base)

"Faye Higgins - The smallest man in 17th Photo Lab, holds Russell Price, the largest, to celebrate war's end!"

"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…

"Medic Section's Walt Peters with locally acquired straw hat - Walt was a member of the six tentmates who lived together through many moves"

"In the mud waiting to board ship"

"Waiting in the mud - to board ship at Hollandia"

"Visiting a native village Leyte, Philippine Is. Capt Tregea 17th Photo Officer"

"Cpl Van Reimer with two puppy dog friends - at Dulag"

"Van Reimer, Photo section film processor 17th Tact. Recon. Sqdn. enjoys two pups as he sits at the entrance to fox hole"

"Van Reimer laughingly models Rain gear -- It was more desirable to be wet with rain than sweat"