Native South Pacific Islanders in WWII - Women
These pictures of indigenous women of the South Pacific by the Signal Corps are from
the scrapbooks of Lt. Colonel O. Howard Davidsmeyer, Sr.
Church in Tacloban on Leyte in Phillipines
New Guinea
Peno River - Luzon
This grouping of three photos was on the inside front page of one of my
grandfather's WWII photo albums. He would come out with the scrapbooks and ask if a
visitor would like to see a picture of his secretary during the war. He'd flip open
the scrapbook and there was the giant 8x10 glossy of the above islander wearing her
necklaces and a smile. Next to her were one-inch tall photos of the two WACs who were
grandpa's secretaries during the war. I got a kick out of it ... grandma hated when he did
this!
Leyte - Near Ormoc (Ormec?)
Navy Laundry - Dutch New Guinea
Tupeseli - Native Village
