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Hollandia, Food Supplies 1
"Supplies being hoisted aboard SS Russell Sage in Humboldt Bay" "SS Russell Sage left Finschhafen 6/30 - arrived Biak July 28, 44 - spent over 3 weeks anchored in Humboldt Bay" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Food Arrives. The SS Russell Sage had been…
Hollandia, Food Supplies 2
"Supplies being hoisted aboard SS Russell Sage in Humboldt Bay" "SS Russell Sage left Finschhafen 6/30 - arrived Biak July 28, 44 - spent over 3 weeks anchored in Humboldt Bay"
Hollandia, Road Grader
"Road grader working muddy road at Hollandia"
Fred Hill Eats Sardines
"Fred Hill eating sardines"
Biak Camp, Photo Lab 1
"17th T. Recon Sqdn Photo Section being set up. 3' by 6' floor panels were fabricated before we left Finchhaffen" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Biak Photo Lab. In his August 19 letter, Hill sketched the new photo lab floor plan and, in a photo, he…
Biak Camp, Photo Lab 2
"The Completed Biak Photo lab exterior"
Oregon Reunion on Biak 2
"Old E Co 186th Infantry National Guard friends from La Grande, Oregon, met on Biak. Sgt Fred Hill (Air Force), Lt Cochran, Sgt Ernie Stitzinger, Cpl Dean Rizor, S/Sgt Jim Coats" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Oregon Reunion. On September 11-12, Hill was…
Oregon Reunion on Biak 3
"Earnie Stitzinger E Co 186th Inf."
Oregon Reunion on Biak 4
"Former friends from E Co 186th Infantry. Lt Walter Buckley and 1st Sgt Bill Corey from Oregon National Guard days in La Grande, Oregon. Jap 25 cal. automatic rifle - foreground"
Japanese Soldier
"Japanese soldier - Hid out on Biak waiting for his unit to return so he could re-join them. Unable to walk, he was brought in on a make-shift stretcher" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Survivor. Hill photographed this unidentified Japanese soldier…