Photograph
Robert Doyle with Two Indigenous Men
| Micronesian men, who put thatched roofs on buildings in the western Caroline Islands for United States forces, sit chatting with Robert J. Doyle, The Journal's staff war correspondent. They are sitting on the gunwales of a harbor tug with the ocean behind them, and are located near Ulithi, Caroline Islands, in the Western Pacific. According to Doyle, the men wear bamboo combs in their hair as a sign that they are bachelors, looking for a girl. If they hand the comb to a girl and she hands it back, it's no soap. If she keeps it, there's a wedding. The above information was taken from the caption that ran with the image in the Milwaukee Journal. Doyle is sitting between the bachelors, and a wind is blowing their hair. Doyle is in uniform and the men are wearing lap-laps (loincloths). |
| Image ID: | 101057 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 06 1945 |
| Creator Name: | United States. Navy. |
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| Collection Name: | Robert Doyle papers, 1935-1974, 1995 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | M99-114, box 7, fldr 7/1 |
| Original Dimensions: | 10 x 8 inches |
| This image was published in the Milwaukee Journal on June 17th, 1945. The image and article appear on page 276 of the clipping book, Anybody Here From Wisconsin?, a reprint of the scrapbook kept by Robert Doyle's mother. Robert Doyle was a civilian war correspondent for the Milwaukee Journal during World War II, covering the experiences of Wisconsin troops in the 32nd "Red Arrow" Division, an infantry division of the United States Army National Guard. The "Red Arrow" Division consisted mainly of soldiers from Wisconsin and Michigan. |
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