US Seabee Hatchett in pith helmet outside hospital tent. Philippine Islands. c. 1945

Gift of Will Green
Description: 

Photograph. US Seabee Hatchett in pith helmet outside hospital tent, sign on tent reads: Sick Bay. Limp in, leap out.’Personal caption on photo front: "Emergency hospital" and on reverse: "Hatchett - Ph M 1/C has just made chief pharmacist. Cpl 7 (AA) T."”Philippine Islands. 1944-45

Image Information

Donor: 
Will Green
Accession Number: 
2010.338.151
Date: 
1944
1945
Location: 
Hometown: 
Branch: 
Theater of Service: 
Unit: 
64th Naval Construction Battalion
Campaign / Event: 
POW / KIA: 
Topical Subjects: 
Medical aspects of war--Philippines
Collection Level: 
Items from the service of Lieutenant Commander William Ross Brown. Brown trained at Camp Peary in Williamsburg, Virginia from 1943-1944 with the 64th Naval Construction Battalion before being shipped to the Pacific Theatre. Brown spent most of his time overseas in the Philippines, though he did visit Okinawa. Collection includes over 100 photographs, personal and military correspondence, newsletters, and insignia.
Geography: 
Pilipinas
Latitude: 
13.000
Longitude: 
122.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Medical aspects of war--Philippines