Esther Gilbert Scrapbook
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- Esther Gilbert at desk
- Esther Gilbert sits at her desk in the office where she worked as the assistant director of the Red Cross service club in Adelaide, Australia, in July 1944. On the left, a secretary stands at the front desk. A poster hanging on the right side of Gilbert's desk identifies the "American Red Cross in Australia." (Photo taken from Esther Gilbert Scrapbook).
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- Esther Gilbert in Bay Bay, Philippines
- Esther Gilbert sits in the grass in Bay Bay, Leyte, Philippines, in 1945, while local children behind her look on. (Photo taken from Esther Gilbert Scrapbook).
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- Esther Gilbert in a jeep, Manila, Philippines
- Esther Gilbert poses in a jeep outside the Red Cross billet in Manila, Philippines, while on leave in October 1945. (Photo taken from Esther Gilbert Scrapbook).
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- Esther Gilbert in cockpit of a B-24 bomber
- Esther Gilbert looks out the cockpit window of a B-24 bomber at Tachikawa Army Air Base, Japan, circa 1946. Sergeant Claude Thompson poses in the nose of the plane. (Photo taken from Esther Gilbert Scrapbook).
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- Esther Gilbert in front of B-24
- Esther Gilbert, looking down and wearing an overcoat, poses beside a B-24 at Tachikawa Army Air Base, Japan, circa 1946. The logo on the plane identifies it as belonging to the "Red Raiders," the nickname for the 22nd Bomb Group which became a B-24 Liberator Heavy Bombardment Unit in 1944. (Photo taken from Esther Gilbert Scrapbook).
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- Esther Gilbert in front of Kanko Hotel
- Red Cross worker Esther Gilbert, in Red Cross coat walks in the snow in front of the Kanko Hotel in Akakura, Japan, in February 1946. (Photo taken from Esther Gilbert Scrapbook).
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- Esther Gilbert in front of jeep, Bay Bay, Philippines
- Red Cross member Esther Gilbert poses beside a jeep parked in a grove of tropical trees in Bay Bay, Leyte, Philippines, in 1945. A note in the scrapbook reads, "Tacloban finery." (Photo taken from Esther Gilbert Scrapbook).
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- Esther Gilbert in front of plane
- Esther Gilbert stands in front of a plane at Tachikawa Army Air Base, Japan, circa 1946. Gilbert may be wearing the WAC (Women's Army Corps) field overcoat. (Photo taken from Esther Gilbert Scrapbook).
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- Esther Gilbert on skis
- Esther Gilbert poses on skis while on leave at Kanko Hotel in Akakura, Japan, in February 1946. (Photo taken from Esther Gilbert Scrapbook).
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- Esther Gilbert overlooking Subic Bay, Philippines
- Esther Gilbert, in the foreground and looking to her right, sits on a hill overlooking Subic Bay, Philippines, in November 1945. Clearly visible are the Red Cross insignia on Gilbert's lapel and several military vessels sailing in the bay behind her. (Photo taken from Esther Gilbert Scrapbook).
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- Esther Gilbert with gas mask in Brisbane, Australia
- Esther Gilbert, in the Red Cross military welfare winter uniform, poses with ETO (European Theater of Operations) combat gear including a helmet and gas mask in July 1944. (Photo taken from Esther Gilbert Scrapbook).
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- Esther Gilbert, Albert S. Johnson, and Claude Thompson
- Esther Gilbert (left), Red Cross Field Director Albert S. Johnson, (center) and Sergeant Claude Thompson (right) sit on boxes at Tachikawa Army Air Base in Japan, circa 1946. (Photo taken from Esther Gilbert Scrapbook).
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- Esther Gilbert, Peg Graveur, and Colonel Baird in Australia
- Peg Graveur, Colonel Baird, and Esther Gilbert, who is holding her puppy "Yank", pose in South Australia in 1944. Gilbert and Graveur wear the Red Cross military welfare overcoat and cap. (Photo taken from Esther Gilbert Scrapbook).
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- Esther Gilbert, Peg Graveur, and Colonel Martin, South Australia
- Esther Gilbert (right) poses with Peg Graveur and Colonel Martin outside of the Red Cross service club in Adelaide, Australia, in August 1944. Gilbert, who served as assistant director of the club, and Graveur wear the Red Cross military welfare winter uniform. (Photo taken from Esther Gilbert Scrapbook).
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- Ginny Bowman in Brisbane, Australia
- Ginny Bowman sits on a balcony railing in Brisbane, Australia, in October 1944. She and Esther Gilbert ran the nurse and Red Cross rest billets in Baysmere and Queenscliff. Bowman wears a khaki shirt and slacks with boots, possibly the WAC (Women's Army Corps) summer work uniform. Red Cross workers were authorized to be issued army uniforms and equipment when necessary. (Photo taken from Esther Gilbert Scrapbook).
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- Hangover House, Subic Bay, Philippines
- Esther Gilbert, in Red Cross work uniform, sits on the edge of the porch of the thatched roof "Hangover House" at U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay, Philippines, in November 1945. (Photo taken from Esther Gilbert Scrapbook).
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- Horse drawn taxis in Manila, Philippines
- Horse drawn taxis in Manila, Philippines, as photographed by Red Cross worker Esther Gilbert while on leave in October 1945. (Photo taken from Esther Gilbert Scrapbook).
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- Jack Graff at Fifth Air Force Service Command
- Army serviceman Jack Graff poses beside a sign at Tachikawa Army Air Base in Japan identifying the Fifth Air Force Service Command, circa 1946. (Photo taken from Esther Gilbert Scrapbook).
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- Japanese staff at Tachikawa Army Air Base, Japan
- Esther Gilbert (back center) and the native Japanese kitchen and canteen staff at the Red Cross facility directed by Albert S. Johnson at Tachikawa Army Air Base, Japan, in December 1945. Many of the women wear kimonos. (Photo taken from Esther Gilbert Scrapbook).
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- Jean MacArthur christens the USS Gary Owen
- Jean Marie MacArthur, wife of General Douglas MacArthur, christens the USS Gary Owen, a Red Cross canteen ship, in Tokyo Bay on 18 December 1945. The official ARC caption reads "Mrs. Douglas MacArthur christens the USS Gary Owens, a Red Cross canteen ship for troops of the 7th Cavalry Division. Formerly the Meiji Maru, a 70-year-old 225-foot Japanese sailing ship, the Gary Owen rests on concrete cradles in the Sumida River, Tokyo. It has a day room with dance floor big enough to accommodate 100 dancers, a card room, a library, and writing desks. With Mrs. MacArthur, Maj. Gen. William C. Chase. (Photo taken from Esther Gilbert Scrapbook).
