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Tent Life
WWII-Tent Life/New Guinea.
Ink drawing of the inside of a tent on a platform.
Verso: "Thursday Dec. 7, 1944. This will give you an idea of what our tents are like. Note the palatial splendour exemplified by the raised wooden floors. The mosquito…
Ink drawing of the inside of a tent on a platform.
Verso: "Thursday Dec. 7, 1944. This will give you an idea of what our tents are like. Note the palatial splendour exemplified by the raised wooden floors. The mosquito…
Washing Clothes at the Creek
WWII-Tent Life/New Guinea.
Ink drawing of two men by a creek with buildings and trucks in the background.
Verso: "Nov. 25, 1944. Two men boiling clothes at the creek. One stirs the clothes while the othe [sic] gathers wood for fuel. The lack of…
Ink drawing of two men by a creek with buildings and trucks in the background.
Verso: "Nov. 25, 1944. Two men boiling clothes at the creek. One stirs the clothes while the othe [sic] gathers wood for fuel. The lack of…
Smitty & Friend
WWII-Tent Life/New Guinea.
Ink drawing of two men sitting on a cot in a tent, the closest man is smoking a cigarette and looking down at something in his hands.
Verso: "23 Jan 45. This is Smitty, one of my tentmates in the 282d R/Co. He is in the…
Ink drawing of two men sitting on a cot in a tent, the closest man is smoking a cigarette and looking down at something in his hands.
Verso: "23 Jan 45. This is Smitty, one of my tentmates in the 282d R/Co. He is in the…
Truck with Tent and Building
WWII-Tent Life/New Guinea.
Ink drawing of a open bed truck with rails. A building and tent are in the background. An upside down trash can is in the foreground with a canopy of trees and heavily foliage behind. Maurice added, trucks were always…
Ink drawing of a open bed truck with rails. A building and tent are in the background. An upside down trash can is in the foreground with a canopy of trees and heavily foliage behind. Maurice added, trucks were always…
Soldiers Playing Cards
WWII-Tent Life/New Guinea.
Ink drawing of a group of soldiers sitting in a circle on cots in a tent, playing cards. One is laying on a cot reading a newspaper. In the foreground, there is an ink pen and box from an ink bottle.
Verso: "Winter…
Ink drawing of a group of soldiers sitting in a circle on cots in a tent, playing cards. One is laying on a cot reading a newspaper. In the foreground, there is an ink pen and box from an ink bottle.
Verso: "Winter…
Man Strolling
WWII-Tent Life/New Guinea.
Ink drawing of a native man strolling through the camp among the tents with jungle foliage in the background. Maurice added that if a tent was left unattended the natives would riffle through everything and take things…
Ink drawing of a native man strolling through the camp among the tents with jungle foliage in the background. Maurice added that if a tent was left unattended the natives would riffle through everything and take things…
Knock Rummy
WWII-Tent Life/New Guinea.
Ink drawing of five soldiers sitting on cots in an elevated platform tent playing a card game. The hammocks on the roof were used to keep supplies off the floor and away from the rats.
Verso: "25 December 44. The title…
Ink drawing of five soldiers sitting on cots in an elevated platform tent playing a card game. The hammocks on the roof were used to keep supplies off the floor and away from the rats.
Verso: "25 December 44. The title…
Horseshoe Pitching
WWII-Tent Life/New Guinea.
Charcoal or black pencil drawing of two shirtless men playing horseshoes in front of a building with one door. The drawing is labeled, "Horseshoe Pitching,' and was one of the outdoor sports that were played.…
Charcoal or black pencil drawing of two shirtless men playing horseshoes in front of a building with one door. The drawing is labeled, "Horseshoe Pitching,' and was one of the outdoor sports that were played.…
Tents - 14 Ack Ack Command
WWII-Tent Life/New Guinea.
Charcoal or black pencil drawing of tents on platforms with the sides of the tents rolled showing the cots inside, labeled, "Tents-14 Ack Ack Command."
Maurice explained that Ack Ack is an abbreviation for…
Charcoal or black pencil drawing of tents on platforms with the sides of the tents rolled showing the cots inside, labeled, "Tents-14 Ack Ack Command."
Maurice explained that Ack Ack is an abbreviation for…