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 Author  Topic: EARL'S SCRAPBOOK , Part II
Nuge210

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I BELIEVE MOST OF THESE PHOTOS ARE OF ORMOC IN 1945. EARL CAN CORRECT ME OR EMBELLISH AS HE WISHES.

THIS ONE WOULD BE A BEAUTY IN COLOR, DON'T YOU THINK.




A JAP BARGE ON THE BEACH. WHAT TYPE IS THIS ?


THE LAUNDRY GIRLS AT ORMOC


PREVIOUSLY SHOWN, THIS PICTURE HAS THE LAUNDRY, I THINK UNDER THE WHITE TENTS. IS THAT CORRECT EARL ?


JAP PRISONERS


THE CREW OF THE 108 AT ORMOC. HOPEFULLY YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THIS AS I THINK EARL IS IN THIS PHOTO ( ? )





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Very cool Earl, and thank you Steve for posting them. Earl, those girls are cute, I bet they were even cuter after being in either a boat or a jungle for so long.

Yes Steve, I bet that was a gorgeous sunset. Probably the calm before the storm, wonder if it was shot on the way out to patrol?

Did you take these pictures Earl? Besides the one with maybe you in it of course.



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It's a 14m Daihatsu, the standard Japanese Army landing craft.

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thanks again steve.as usual a very good job of reproducing and posting.
also thanks al for the info on the barghe.there wer a few of them at various places on the beach.there was quite a battle ther at oe at ormoc.there was also a japanese sh ip that eas sunk and on its side ,some of the guys tried to dive down intio it for souvineers but when they came up inasizde in the interior the air was so foul they cound not stand it.also there were giant man o war nettles out there that could sting and kill you with their nettles./i Saw one philipino guy that had long deep ascar gashes in his body from nettles that wrapped aroung himn
hey , a lot of the girls were cute and some not so ccute. the girl on the right was my very special friend,she took care of my laundry and her little broth er took care of my tent quartyers,with me being A cook i helped with some food.i was invited by her parents one day to come for dinner,that was really and experience,,we sa t in a circle with a mat in the center.they hAd water iin A bottle made up especially for me.it was boiled,bottled,sealed and dropped iin their well to cool.there were white so cAlled potatoes thaat wwere very calky.there was a mixture of rice,some kind of m,eat(i didnt dare ask)that was wrapped in palm leaves.it was cookeed, of course.my friend interpreted for me.it lasted about and Hour and then she took me back to my temt.she and her family were one of the immportant members of the village.
i wont give their names.thanks to them my time spent there was a little easierthese three girls were very intelligent and went to school evbery day,those were school books they were holding.
the laundry shAck was the second one on the left.
the sunsets and sunrises weere,at times, very beautiful;
the crew photo and all th e otheers were not taken by me.i think i am the one first in the second row.,right side.not sure now.been aso long
again steve, thanks so much fot posting.looking forward to some of the othersm p/s hope you handled all that snow youi had up there and are ok
earl

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