Bibliographic Information
Title
Fred Hill Eating Papaya
Subject
Military uniforms
Hill, Fred
Description
"Fred Hill eating fresh papaya" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Papaya Eater. While sweat rash plagued Hill at Finnschhafen, he still enjoyed eating tropical fruit -- as seen here in this photo he sent to Martha. Throughout the New Guinea conflict, soldiers regularly bartered or bought local foods from Papuan tribesmen, who called this particular fruit 'paw paw." ("Darkroom Soldier" caption authored by George Venn)
Creator
Anonymous
Date
5/5/1944
Rights
(c)Eastern Oregon University. This image is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution - Noncommercial - No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/). Acknowledgement of Eastern Oregon University as a source is required. For print quality images, prints, or high resolution tiff files, or commercial uses please contact the Library Director at Eastern Oregon University.
Identifier
2010.1.1369