TACLOBAN, LEYTE ISLAND, PHILIPPINES. 1944-10. UNIT NO 1 WIRELESS UNIT RAAF SECONDED DIRECTLY TO ...

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Accession Number P00954.030
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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TACLOBAN, LEYTE ISLAND, PHILIPPINES. 1944-10. UNIT NO 1 WIRELESS UNIT RAAF SECONDED DIRECTLY TO GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR'S STAFF FOR THE LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES AND COMMANDED BY MAJOR GENERAL SPENCER B. AKIN, CHIEF SIGNALS OFFICER, ALLIED FORCES, PACIFIC. JAPANESE KANA WIRELESS INTERCEPT OPERATOR LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN ERIC HEDLEY WITH PHILIPPINES CHILDREN AFTER LIBERATION. NOTE JAPANESE TRUCK IN BACKGROUND. (DONOR A.J. BROWN)