https://bloomarchive.org/files/original/a52b2af4a3199729e8936e74037f057d.jpg b25a0ac645a648faeffc68453e27e577 https://bloomarchive.org/files/original/813a49b69c74f887402b697ba989d802.jpg c8aa9db15a346a1fba6540ff564325e1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The War Years Description An account of the resource Mort (Navy), George (Army), and Hi (Army Air Corps) all served in World War II. The items in this collection reflect various aspects of their military experience. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource December 7, 1941 to August, 1945 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Date Start Date Start 1944 Date End 1944 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Hi Petting a Baby Wallaby in Darwin, Australia Subject The topic of the resource Hi, on the left wearing pants, and someone else, on the right wearing shorts, pet a baby Wallaby(?) while in the service in July, 1944. Note the mailing address: "APO 921", which stood for "Army Post Office #921". This probably means they were in Darwin at the time. https://www.ozatwar.com/ozatwar/apo.htm Australian U.S. APO locations:- APO 921 = Base Section No. 1, Darwin, Northern Territory Adelaide was used as an Australian war development area for several areas: it was far from where it was believed the Japanese might attack, it had a large population of under employed people, and it was an area where Australian vehicles and train equipment were already being developed. NOTE the stamp on the back that says the "Base Examiner" has approved the photo. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource July, 1944 Australia Darwin hi HiBloom HJB HJ Herbert Joshua Bloom