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Alba River Crossing, Peddlers 1
"At the raft / ferry waiting area, banana sellers converged on each newly arriving vehicle with the plea: 'please, sir, buy my bananas -"
Alba River Crossing 9
"Raft - ferry across Alba River - Luzon"
Alba River Crossing 8
"Poled raft ferry across Alba River - Northern Luzon"
Alba River Crossing 7
"Good shot of an Army 6 x 6 truck being poled across the river by 8 men - between Vigan and Binmaley"
Alba River Crossing 6
"At the area down stream from the destroyed bridge - Rafts of large bamboo and empty 55 gal. drums floated even 6 x 6 trucks across - poled by Filipino men" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Crossing the Alba River. En route to Vigan, Hill admired both…
Alba River Crossing 5
"A pedestrian raft - no empty 55 gal drums and only 4 polers. At the river crossing between Binmaley and Vigan - Luzon"
Alba River Crossing 4
"7 of the raft polers - on the raft that took us across - note they are all bare footed - The river between Binmaley and Vigan - below the destroyed bridge"
Alba River Crossing 3
"At the raft / ferry crossing below the destroyed bridge - 6 x 6 Army truck. Note truck trafts had empty 55 gal drums for extra buoyancy. 9 polers on down-stream side - one on the upstream side"
Alba River Crossing 2
"At the raft / ferry crossing - a waiting truck and an empty raft - No 55 gal drum pontoons - just big bamboo - For ox carts etc. 3 rafts carrying trucks in distance"
Alba River Crossing 11
"Raft polers crossing Alba River"