Esther Gilbert Scrapbook
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- Esther Gilbert at Mt. Fuji
- Esther Gilbert, wearing her Red Cross uniform and handbag, stands in a parking lot overlooking Mount Fuji while visiting the officers leave club at Miyanoshita, Japan, on 15 March 1946. (Photo taken from Esther Gilbert Scrapbook).
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- Esther Gilbert at Fujiya Hotel
- Esther Gilbert, in ARC military welfare winter uniform and garrison cap, stands in front the Fujiya Hotel, which served as an officers leave club in Miyanoshita, Japan, on 15 March 1946. (Photo taken from Esther Gilbert Scrapbook).
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- Ski instructors at Kanko Hotel, Akakura, Japan, 1946
- Two GI ski instructors at Kanko Hotel in Akakura, Japan, a popular leave destination, in February 1946.
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- Esther Gilbert and Japanese child in the snow
- Red Cross worker Esther Gilbert and a Japanese child stand in the snow in front of the Kanko Hotel in Akakura, Japan, in February 1946. Gilbert's skis and poles are stuck in the snow in front of them. (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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- Soldiers and locals at Taguchi Station in Akakura, Japan
- Soldiers and locals stand in the snow outside Taguti Station in Akakura, Japan, a popular leave destination, in February 1946. (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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- Paul Jordan and Jack Graff at Tachikawa Army Air Base, circa 1946
- Army servicemen Paul Jordan and Jack Graff pose beside a structure at Tachikawa Army Air Base, Japan, circa 1946.
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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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- Servicemen receiving papers aboard ship, circa 1946
- Two lines of sailors receive papers and a handshake while aboard a ship, circa 1946.
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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 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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- Servicemen in front of B-25 at Tachikawa Army Air Base
- Red Cross Field Director Albert Johnson (center) and two servicemen pose in front of a B-25 airplane at Tachikawa Army Air Base in Japan, circa 1946. (Photo taken from Esther Gilbert Scrapbook).
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- Officers distribute awards on ship
- Two lines of sailors receive awards and a handshake while aboard a ship, circa 1946. (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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- Colonel Harry Diston on Japanese emperor's horse
- Colonel Harry Diston, 1st Cavalry Division, on the Japanese emperor's white horse, circa 1946. (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 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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- 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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- 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).
