Four US Seabees with wagon drill positioning explosives along volcano for escape route. Philippines. c. 1945

Gift of Will Green
Description: 

Photograph. Four US Seabees with wagon drill positioning explosives along volcano for escape route. Personal caption on photo reverse:“"Use of wagon drill on face of volcano escarpment for escape road. Over 5 tons of 40% dynamite used on this project."”Philippine Islands. 1944-45

Image Information

Donor: 
Will Green
Accession Number: 
2010.338.095
Date: 
1944
1945
Location: 
Hometown: 
Branch: 
Theater of Service: 
Unit: 
64th Naval Construction Battalion
Campaign / Event: 
POW / KIA: 
Topical Subjects: 
Explosives--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: 
Explosives--Philippines