(L-R) US soldiers Ralph G. Payne and Albert F. Brown posing while on guard duty.
Location: Philippines
Date taken: 1942
Photographer: Carl Mydans
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo..._landing-1.jpg
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(L-R) US soldiers Ralph G. Payne and Albert F. Brown posing while on guard duty.
Location: Philippines
Date taken: 1942
Photographer: Carl Mydans
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo..._landing-1.jpg
The Philippines, 1942. Those guys had a rough road ahead of them.
Both men were assigned to Regimental Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 31st Infantry Regiment and died in captivity at CABANATUAN.
http://31stinfantry.org/Documents/Chapter%207.pdf
I love historic connections, but this is a sad one.