Photobook, page 3. |
Page 3, top half, scan. |
U. Chicago lounge, carpeted, muraled, and furnished. Nice painting of the Roman Forum in the murals. Somebody has this audience in stitches. |
A Staff Sergeant has his elbow on the back of a sofa at right in the photo above. Post June 1942 Monthly Base Pay: $96. |
A 4th Grade Sergeant is sitting way over at left, by the table lamp. Post June 1942 Monthly Base Pay: $78. |
Page 3, bottom half, scan. |
Page 3, bottom half, scan, detail. Gene holds a book of which we can see no detail; he and his buddy hold a map of Imperial Japan. |
Page 3, bottom half, scan, detail. The Three Stooges. |
Page 3, bottom half, scan, detail. |
Page 3, bottom half, scan, detail. |
Page 3, bottom half, scan, detail. What is the rifle? Is it the same rifle they took to CBI? |
Page 3, bottom half, scan, detail. Is this lady the same person as in the wall photo in OSS CBI Photobook 2? See her handbag behind the headlamp of the truck? |
Page 3, bottom half, detail. |
A Private wore no insignia, and received a Base Pay, Post June 1942, of $50. This information comes from Finding Your Father's War Revised Edition:: A Practical Guide to Researching and Understanding Service in the World War II US Army.
Julie
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