US Seabees unloading from US Navy motorboat at shoreline. Homonhon Island, Eastern Samar, Philippine Islands. c. 1945

Gift of Will Green
Description: 

Photograph. US Seabees unloading from US Navy motorboat at shoreline, Filipino children look on. Personal caption on photo front:“"As we were getting ready to leave. After a full day of exploring. Felt like Magellan!!" Homonhon Island, Eastern Samar, Philippine Islands. 1944-45

Image Information

Donor: 
Will Green
Accession Number: 
2010.338.077
Date: 
1944
1945
Location: 
Hometown: 
Branch: 
Theater of Service: 
Unit: 
64th Naval Construction Battalion
Campaign / Event: 
POW / KIA: 
Topical Subjects: 
Beaches--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: 
Homonhon Island
Latitude: 
10.750
Longitude: 
125.683
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Beaches--Philippines