[Servicemen preparing campsites outside Hickam Field]

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Identifier2007-08-08_image_132SourceThe Lee R. Embree Collection (2007-08-08), Box 2, Folder 3CreatorUnited States. Army. Air CorpsEmbree, Lee R., 1915-2008DescriptionPhotograph of servicemen of the 38th Reconnaissance Squadron, U.S. Army Air Corps, preparing their campsites outside Hickam Field, Hawaii, December 7, 1941. Photo was taken following the Pearl Harbor attack.

Inscription: "(12-7-41-8:30A) - A.C. Photo by Sgt. Lee Embree."

Typed caption glued to verso: "#7---Hickam Field, Hawaii. December 7, 1941. Late afternoon on this date, some of the air crew members from the 38th Reconnaissance Squadron, are shown here preparing to spend their first night in Hawaii, in a jungle of Algeroba trees, at the edge of Hickam Field. My cot is in the center foreground under the tarp [sentence crossed out]. It rained most of the night and around midnight there was very heavy anti-aircraft firing. We learned later that one of our own (US) planes had been shot down. Photo by---S/Sgt. Lee R. Embree, 38th Reconnaissance Squadron, USAAC."Creation Date1941-12-07SubjectWorld War, 1939-1945United States. Army. Air Corps. Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, 38thUnited States. Army. Air CorpsPearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941SoldiersHickam Air Force Base (Hawaii)Pearl Harbor (Hawaii)PlaceHawaiiUnited StatesOriginal Formatphotographic printsBibliographic CitationThe Lee R. Embree Collection/The Museum of FlightRightsNo copyright - United States

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