Entrance to Japanese-used cave. Eastern Samar, Philippine Islands. c. 1945

Gift of Will Green
Description: 

Photograph. Entrance to Japanese-used cave. Personal caption on photo front: "'Burned out' cave - Calicoan Isl."”and on reverse: "This cave goes back in cliff nearly a hundred yards. Imagine digging, blasting and dragging Japs from hundreds of such- Nope I didn’t do it!!" Eastern Samar, Philippine Islands. 1944-45

Image Information

Donor: 
Will Green
Accession Number: 
2010.338.147
Date: 
1944
1945
Location: 
Hometown: 
Branch: 
Theater of Service: 
Unit: 
64th Naval Construction Battalion
Campaign / Event: 
POW / KIA: 
Topical Subjects: 
Caves--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: 
Calicoan Island
Latitude: 
10.983
Longitude: 
125.800
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Caves--Philippines