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Trucks and Crates
WWII-Work Assignments/New Guinea.
Ink drawing of several trucks at camp. Dozens of crates piled up nearby, some covered with tarps. A long building to the right and the sea in the background.
Maurice added this was part of the motor pool where…
Ink drawing of several trucks at camp. Dozens of crates piled up nearby, some covered with tarps. A long building to the right and the sea in the background.
Maurice added this was part of the motor pool where…
Personnel Office - Payroll Section 5th Repl. Depot
WWII-Work Assignments/New Guinea.
Pencil drawing of a soldier sitting at a desk with a typewriter. Another facing away sits at a desk in the background.
Maurice explained that after he finished clerical school, he was kept with the unit but was…
Pencil drawing of a soldier sitting at a desk with a typewriter. Another facing away sits at a desk in the background.
Maurice explained that after he finished clerical school, he was kept with the unit but was…
Truck Assembly
WWII-Work Assignments/New Guinea.
Ink drawing of a truck being uncrated and assembled.
Verso: "Nov. 22, 1944. This morning we made trucks. They come crated with all removable parts removed. Our job was to uncrate them and assemmble them. The…
Ink drawing of a truck being uncrated and assembled.
Verso: "Nov. 22, 1944. This morning we made trucks. They come crated with all removable parts removed. Our job was to uncrate them and assemmble them. The…
Truck
WWII-Work Assignments/New Guinea.
Ink drawing of an assembled utility truck from behind. Cabinet doors along the visible side and a ladder showing from the opposite.
Verso: "Summer 1945."
Maurice explained the trucks were sent in pieces and…
Ink drawing of an assembled utility truck from behind. Cabinet doors along the visible side and a ladder showing from the opposite.
Verso: "Summer 1945."
Maurice explained the trucks were sent in pieces and…
We Dug a Ditch
WWII-Work Assignments/New Guinea.
Ink drawing of one man digging a ditch and two men sitting watching.
Verso: "30 Dec 44. Our afternoon detail consisted of our digging a drainage ditch as part of our local malaria control work. As with the…
Ink drawing of one man digging a ditch and two men sitting watching.
Verso: "30 Dec 44. Our afternoon detail consisted of our digging a drainage ditch as part of our local malaria control work. As with the…
School Days
WWII-Work Assignments/New Guinea.
Ink drawing of men at tables all facing the same direction with books and papers in front of them.
Verso: "15 Dec. 44. Scene showing interior of our very busy (as you can easily see just by looking) military…
Ink drawing of men at tables all facing the same direction with books and papers in front of them.
Verso: "15 Dec. 44. Scene showing interior of our very busy (as you can easily see just by looking) military…
Pot Wallopers
WWII-Work Assignments/New Guinea.
Ink drawing of soldiers washing pots and pans in the kitchen tent.
Verso: "Nov. 11, 1944. Pot cleaning detail with part of dining hall in left background. Characters are, reading from left to right, Derrott,…
Ink drawing of soldiers washing pots and pans in the kitchen tent.
Verso: "Nov. 11, 1944. Pot cleaning detail with part of dining hall in left background. Characters are, reading from left to right, Derrott,…
Construction Crew
WWII-Work Assignments/New Guinea.
Ink drawing of several men sitting or standing, watching while one man is digging. Jungle foliage is the background.
Verso: "3 Jan. 45. This afternoon we had no class. Instead we dug oursleves a nice new latrine…
Ink drawing of several men sitting or standing, watching while one man is digging. Jungle foliage is the background.
Verso: "3 Jan. 45. This afternoon we had no class. Instead we dug oursleves a nice new latrine…