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 with koalas, 1944
- Esther Gilbert poses with two koalas in Brisbane, Australia, while waiting for assignment in July 1944.
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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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- Family of the Seppelts Winery, 1944
- The family of the Seppelts Winery in Seppeltsfield, South Australia, in 1944.
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- Fleet post office, Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines, 1945
- Fleet post office in Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines, in 1945.
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- Front of a moving ship, circa 1946
- Photo of the front of a ship as it moves through water, circa 1946.
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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 plane, Tachikawa Army Air Base, Japan, circa 1946
- A striped Japanese plane at Tachikawa Army Air Base, Japan, circa 1946.
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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).
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- Lieutenant Sam Cookson and jeep, Bay Bay, Philippines, 1945
- Lieutenant Sam Cookson poses beside a jeep in Bay Bay, Leyte, Phillipines, in 1945.
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- Lieutenant Sam Cookson, Bay Bay, 1945
- Lieutenant Sam Cookson, USNR, sits in the grass in Bay Bay [?] in 1945 after escorting Red Cross workers during a four hour jeep ride.
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- Local family, Hollandia (now Jayapura), New Guinea, 1945
- A group of natives, including five children and an adult, in Hollandia (now Jayapura), New Guinea, in April 1945.
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- Native huts in Biak
- Native huts along the water in Biak, Papua New Guinea, as pictured in April 1945. (Photo taken from Esther Gilbert Scrapbook).
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- Navy 3964 Quonset huts, Tacloban, Philippines
- Photo of the Quonset huts that served as the officers mess at the 3964 Naval Shore Facility in Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines, as seen from above in 1945. In the distance, a sailboat and four military vessels float in the bay. (Photo taken from Esther Gilbert Scrapbook).
