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Neptunus Rex, Crossing the Line ceremony aboard the USS Rutland; pollywog is being dumped from coffin into pool on deck...

Group portrait of the Royal Court shellbacks during a Neptunus Rex/Crossing the Line ceremony in March 1945. The court...

Open air store with Filipino women selling souvenirs. From donor's notes: "Native store, Tolosa, Leyte." Circa May -...

Group portrait of the Beach Party taken aboard the USS Rutland; all men wearing helmets. From donor's notes: "Beach...

Japanese cemetery on hill; war and bomb damage all around. From donor's notes: "Japanese cemetery." Circa September 1945

Group portrait of Third Division aboard the USS Rutland. From donor's notes: "Third Division." Circa Late April - Early...

A packed train loaded with passangers; Filipino men near train look back at photographer; in Iloilo, Philippines. From...

Cinema in Japan in 1945; "Cinema House" sign in English with Japanese characters also written on wall of ticket window...

View from the USS Rutland (APA-192) to other U.S Navy vessels in front of Saipan in 1945. From donor's notes: "Saipan,...

Officers in costumes during a Neptunus Rex, Crossing the Line ceremony aboard the USS Rutland. From donor's notes: "The...

Local dwellings on Espiritu Santo in March 1945; children play outside and laundry hangs from barbed wire fencing. From...

Large banana trees on Leyte. From donor's notes: "Banana trees, Leyte." Circa May - June 1945

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