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"S/Sgt Nicastro, 17th Photo Section - looks out of a Photo Section tent door at Dulag Leyte. Jan 1945"

"Low level view of conference table in Priest's area at the big Catholic Church in (blank) Note legs are on a plank all around chairs must straddle" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Detail: Nara Wood Table. Calasiao church wardens gave Hill a tour of the…

"Over looking tents of 17th Recon camp at Ie Shima - looking North - great cloud picture"

"17th Photo Gunner Earl Powers watches a swimmer in the ocean at the foot of the cliff by 17th Camp on Ie Shima"

"17th Photo Section - The War is Over!" Sign reads: "CLOSED Open Next War under New Management" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Ending Metaphor. To interpret the end of military hostilities, Photo Section men revised their sign to show they felt like…

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

"Tide flat below camp site - Ie Shima" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Tide Flat, Ie Shima. Hill regularly hiked down to the ocean below his camp. Though the trail was 'a rugged climb to get back to camp,' he praised the swimming there, and delighted in…

"Tree ferns on trail to tide flat" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Tree Ferns. With a subtropical climate, low elevation, and heavy rains, huge tree ferns grew along the switchback trail between Hill's Ie Shima camp and the tide flats where the soldiers…

"Welcome Home brought tears to our eyes" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Welcome in Puget Sound. This unidentified boat sailed out to greet the SS Cape Victory as it approached Fort Lawton in the Seattle harbor. Seeing that flying 'Welcome Home' banner…

"Musicians help pass the time aboard the SS Cape Victory en route to Seattle - Oct 1945" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Jam Session on Board. It would a be a hot, sweaty, slow trip. The turbine-powered converted freighter would travel about fifteen miles…