While some are getting the cabbages nice and clean, others are preparing harvests of sorrow for the westward-advancing Japanese Army.
Mom snipped that print a little bit too much, yet we can tell that Boris Chu is up there translating for Paul Cyr.
The image above is worth embiggening to see Cyr up on that mound again, delivering instructions. The translator this time is probably the man standing near him in a white jacket. He is kind of bending forward - perhaps that is his posture for listening hard. Others, presumeably staff members, are gathered in that doorway. Their faces show serious attention also.
This diagram taped to a brick wall is done in ink and calligraphy brush. That includes all the titles and legends. New Yellow River Bridge. It says wide about 30 feet. So, this is one section of a long span?
It must have been hot, as the photographers stand in the shade whenever they can. That is why we have quite a few photos with shaded sections next to glaring bright sections. I balance it out as best I can, with the goal of showing detail. Can you spot the man sitting in the group hugging a couple of bazooka sections (or something) to his chest?
They are moving out, past the harvested fields.
Cyr has a walkie-talkie, one of two that came with the SCR-300 radio. From Niesel's article we learn that it was wireless, weighed only 35 pounds, had 17 vacuum tubes more rugged than earlier tubes, ran on batteries rather than hand-cranking, and used FM rather than AM, resulting in 41 channels rather than 1, clear signal, and an operational distance of 3 miles rather than a quarter-mile. Good for the Galvin/Motorola team of Noble, Bond, Magnuski, Morris, and Vogel.
The SCR-300 was first used in combat in Italy in 1943.
Somebody bought an unused one on surplus and posted nice photos.
This paper discusses all the geeky stuff that Berent Friele was dealing with all the time for Jackal.
And Youtube comes through with the goods, including histories and audio demo, here and here too.
A couple of images off the web show the backpack radio, the phone-style handset, and the 2 walkie-talkies.
