Who Was Pfc Glenn W. Eve?
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 World War II behind a desk, but he had field skills the Army desperately needed—he’d been recruited at age 16 by the Walt Disney Company and trained as an artist, draftsman, and photographer.
In July 1944, the Army promoted him to private first class (Pfc) and assigned him to the Signal Photo Corps, bound for the Pacific to document the engagement. Read more…
Where to Start
If you’d like to know the background and chronology of these images, start with About, then peruse the Pacific War Campaign Map and the five Background articles.
This will set the stage for the photo archives, which can be found under their respective countries: New Guinea, Philippines, and Japan.
You can also view various photo subjects via the tag cloud in the footer below.
