over the years, I have noticed much more color film shots of the Pacific island hopping campaign.
I often look for Guadalcanal and Bougainville footage for the chance of seeing my Dad in either color or B&W. Never have.
My dad was in the South Pacific – US Army and fought in the 2nd Battle of Bougainville and in the Philippines, the liberation of Manila. There was for a time a reporter imbedded with them and I’ve been looking for photos or film clips with my dad in them but never have. My niece and nephew went to the Smithsonian a few years back and swear that one of the exhibits on WWII had a picture of my dad, but when I looked up the picture, while it resembled him, it wasn’t.
But I do have two cigar boxes full of B&W photos my dad took during the war with his Brownie camera, mostly taken in Manila.