Leyte Camp, Enlisted Tents 3

Leyte Camp, Enlisted Tents 3

Bibliographic Information

Title

Leyte Camp, Enlisted Tents 3

Subject

Military camps
Military uniforms
Native peoples

Description

"17th Tact. Recon Sqdn Enlisted men's tent area. Filipino girls peddled fruit through the camp daily - Dulag, Leyte, P.I." From "Darkroom Soldier": "Fruit Vendors. In his second letter from Binmaley, Hill praised these local vendors: '[They] come through camp all day long selling bananas, tomatoes, peanuts, mangos, baskets, pottery, bamboo chairs and stools, cigars, haircuts, knives. Women (some beautiful gals) stop by several times each day to know if we have any dirty clothes to be washed." ("Darkroom Soldier" caption authored by George Venn)

Creator

Hill, Fred

Date

1944

Rights

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Identifier

2010.1.392