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Sad Shack Group
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G. Robert Mowerson (left), Red Cross Director and Robert Doyle (third from left), War Correspondent, posing with Captain O.S. Allen of Columbus, Georgia, and Captain Elmer G. Boyer of Lansing, Michigan, at Camp Cable, near Brisbane, Australia. The sign behind them reads, "American Red Cross in Australia." In his notes, Doyle calls the four of them, the "Sad Shack Group."
July 31, 1943
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Red Cross Field Director
July 17, 1943
Red Cross Field Director, G. Robert Mowerson of Ann Arbor, Michigan, works at his typewriter at Camp Cable, near Brisbane, Australia. A field telephone is in the foreground.
Interior of Sad Shack
September 29, 1943
The interior of the "Sad Shack" at Camp Cable, near Brisbane, Australia. Two men are standing and two men are sitting in chairs. Personal items such as portraits and pin-ups decorate the walls. Han...
Group of Award Recipients
July 23, 1943
Group portrait of the Distinguished Service Cross and Silver Star Medal recipients at Camp Cable, near Brisbane, Australia.
32nd Division Officers
September 29, 1943
A group of 32nd "Red Arrow" Division officers at Camp Cable, near Brisbane, Australia, for the awarding of the Distinguished Service Cross, the second highest military decoration, to Major Gray.
Wisconsin Heroes
July 23, 1943
Wisconsin heroes in the Papuan campaign, a group of five award recipients at Camp Cable, near Brisbane, Australia. Left to right are Staff Sergeant Milan Miljatovich of Milwaukee, Private Steve Par...
Distinguished Service Cross Award
July 23, 1943
Major General William Hanson Gill awards the Distinguished Service Cross to Staff Sergeant Milan Miljatovich of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at Camp Cable, near Brisbane, Australia.
