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Mindoro, Awards Assembly 1
"17th Tact. Recon Sqdn assembly for visit from Gen Whitehead to present medals to a number of recipients" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Brass Arrives. In spite of significant Japanese opposition, American forces established their Mindoro base. By the end…
Corn Feast 1
"Fresh ears of corn, purchased from a local farmer - for a special treat that night. Kitchen crew at work - one man is pumping up a Coleman heater under a garbage can. 17th Tact Recon Sqdn"
Bob Casey in Rocky Stream
"Sgt Bob Casey - We were out to a farm (with the Photo Section Jeep) to buy corn from a local farmer"
Ambulong Island 8
"Tethered pigs - on Ambulong while on a visit as a guest of James Aubi. Other men were fishing from the crash boat" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Tethered Pigs. James Aubi's home, Ambulong Island in Mindoro Strait south of San Jose." ("Darkroom Soldier"…
Ambulong Island 7
"Distraught young man (crying). Member of James Aubi's extended family, on Ambulong taken by Fred Hill"
Ambulong Island 6
"Nephew of James Aubi of Ambulong - an Island I visited while others were fishing on the crash boat - Aubi rowed out to the crash boat to greet us and invited me to come ashore to take pictures"
Ambulong Island 5
"Children of the families related to James Aubi on Ambulong - froma visit from a crash boat fishing outing - to one of very small neighboring Islands" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Nieces of James Aubi." ("Darkroom Soldier" caption authored by George…
Ambulong Island 4
"Filipino mother bathing her child in a large pan - one of the many off-shore Islands near Mindoro - rode there with a search and rescue crew in a Higgins boat"
Ambulong Island 3
"Mother bathing young girl on tiny Island of Ambulong - part of the extended family of James Aubi - Taken by Fred Hill while other soldiers fished from the crash boat" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Bathing the Children. James Aubi's sister bathes her…
Ambulong Island 2
"Adult members of James Aubi family - on small island of Ambulong - which Fred Hill visited while other soldiers fished from the crash boat"