Pickering, Robert B.

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View of laundry drying on washlines.

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Portions of the following photographs were originally found sleeved and packed into one small envelope; the remaining photos were found loosely packed into another small white envelope. Both envelopes were laid in between the Leyte Island photos and Leyte (Island)/Tacloban (town) photographs. The Leyte/Tacloban envelope became dislodged from the other photos so it is uncertain which photos specifically belong to which group.

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View of a man pictured with a Philippine man, both standing near a wooden plank walkway in camp.

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Man in an undershirt and khaki pants, pictured squatting near a camp structure.

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View of a man in undershirt and sunglasses, pictured standing in a supply yard, a cigarette between his lips. Supply crates and tractor are visible behind him.

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View of a man posing with a young Philippine woman and her family.

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View of a man posing with a Philippine mother and daughter, a grass walled structure behind them.

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View of a male, dressed in undershirt and khakis, posing with a puppy in each hand.

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View of a male in undershirt and khakis, smoking a cigarette, and picutured with a puppy in each hand.

Content Description From the Item: Six sets of 333 photographs by unidentified persons, most likely relating to the amphibious invasion of Leyte (Oct-Dec 1944), under the command of General Douglas MacArthur. The first set: 37 images, 10 of which are duplicates, of an invasion of an unidentified island, possibly during the invasion of Leyte in 1944. The second set: 10 images taken in Manilla c. 1945. The third set: 131 images taken in Leyte in 1945. The 4th set: 100 images identified as being Leyte Island c. 1945 and the...