[Two U.S. soldiers with a horse on Leyte Island, Philippines]
Photograph
[Two U.S. soldiers with a horse on Leyte Island, Philippines]
January 1945
Gelatin silver print
Image: 8 × 7 5/8 in. (20.3 × 19.4 cm)
Paper: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Gift of Richard E. Kremer, M.D. and Andrea M. Kremer, Ph.D., 2021
Inscriptions inscribed in black pencil on recto, BC: [arrow pointing left] 3 1/4 [arrow pointing right]; inscribed in black pencil on recto, BR: 43.4 [circled]; inscribed in pencil on verso, TL: Photo by George Burns; inscribed in pencil on verso, TRC: WWII: RELAXING; inscribed in black pencil on verso, TC: YANK 2/9 \ page 13 \ All; inscribed in pencil on verso, TR: 3668 [underlined] \ 14-4 [underlined] \ 65-sc(?); stamped in blue ink on verso, TL: PHOTO BY \ YANK \ THE ARMY WEEKLY \ 205 E. 43D STREET \ NEW YORK; stamped in black ink on verso, RT [along edge]: NEO JOB NO. 4 5 6 2; inscribed in pencil on verso, C: 50 [circled] / Burns; printed on a label affixed to verso, RC: A Jap horse and 40-mm gun carriage made a sulky \ for these GIs, and a means of hauling water; stamped in red ink on verso, RC [along edge]: RECEIVED \ JAN 17 1945 600 PM \ NEO GRAVURE PRINTING CO., INC.; stamped in red ink on verso, RB: YANK - FEB 9 1945; stamped in blue ink on verso, BL: FEB - 9 1945; inscribed in black ink on verso, LB: Philippines - Leyte - US Army; printed in black ink on verso, BC [across bottom edge]: 7th Division--Leyte \ One Jap horse, one Jap 40 mm gun carriage, one piece of bamboo--results: Sulky, M1, \ with horse and harness. This contraption was built by Cpl. Alvin Maxwell, Kilgore, \ Texas and Cpl. Willie Little, Dallas, Tex. The boys don't use it only for fun. It's \ been used to haul water [upside-down]
