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In the summer of 1942, the U.S. Army called up a skinny California boy barely out of his teens. But at 5’9’’ and 125 pounds, Private Glenn W. Eve was deemed unfit for combat.
He might have spent the duration of World War II at a desk, except that he had field skills the Army needed – he was a gifted artist, draftsman and photographer who'd spent the previous four years working for the Walt Disney Co.
In July 1944, they promoted him to private first class (Pfc) and assigned him to the Signal Photo Corps, bound for the Pacific to document the war. This is his collection, never before published. All comments in quotes are Pfc Eve's, written on the back of the photo.
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Here via PetaPixel site, these photos are amazing and it is astounding to think of the conditions your Dad and these guys worked under. Thanks for sharing them.
Thanks so much, Michael! I was so surprised at the site being picked up by Petapixel. It was an excellent writeup. I’ve been letting the place languish and should get back to posting the rest of my dad’s collection. Hopefully soon!
Debra,
My grandparents were in the U.S. Army medical corps in the Pacific during the war: my grandfather was a doctor, my grandmother a nurse. At some point during the war, somewhere on an island in the south Pacific, they met and fell in love. They were eventually married in Tokyo, just weeks after the war’s end: the first American’s wed in post-war Japan, according to an article from Stars and Stripes. Perhaps because of that fact, they had an “official” photographer provided by the Signal Corps. My grandfather used to say he was “MacArthur’s photographer.” Anyway, looking at your Dad’s photos, and looking in particular at the photo of your Dad, I find myself imagining it was him who photographed my grandparents’ wedding, that it was him who took that remarkable image of a hopeful young couple, standing on a balcony, looking out over the remains of Tokyo. For what it’s worth, thank you for the website, for the photographs, for the train of thought … all of which are deeply appreciated.