Leyte, Mud Boat 1

Leyte, Mud Boat 1

Animals

Military vehicles

Native peoples

"Carabao pulling a 'mud boat' to bring supplies from the street to our kitchen - Too muddy for our trucks" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Mud Boat Season. When deep mud made four-wheel-drive jeeps useless (background), many key places on Leyte became inaccessible. So, during the rainy season, U.S. forces hired Filipino carabao drivers with mud sleds to ferry all essentials -- food, mail, water, and other supplies -- from graveled main roads to such essential institutions as the Dulag mess hall." ("Darkroom Soldier" caption authored by George Venn)

Richards, Clarence

12/2/1944

(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.

2010.1.419