![]() January, “USCG Cutter Spencer destroys Nazi sub, April 17, 1943.” From WAR/PHOTGRAPHY Taken by: VD-1.USCGR Warrant Photographer Jess W. Their job is to catalog negatives, study aerial photos and make intelligence reports from their findings, make aerial photo maps, and finally distribute reproductions to Army, Navy and Marine Corps tactical commands. ![]() Working in Fleet Air Photo Group one is Interpron one (Photo Intelligence Interpretation Squadron). ![]() delivers aerial negative from field laboratory to interpretation office Ens. Special refrigeration units maintain even low temperature for uniform developing as tropical humidity and heat - next to Jap bombs- are Navy photography’s worst enemies. waits for the okay to go ahead with other films. Plunkett USN, inspects a rush developing job while PhoM 2/c F. Members of VD-1 processing aerial film in a specially built Navy photo trailer set up near Carney airfield, Guadalcanal. VD - 1 is the Photo Squadron that operated in the South Pacific. I believe the full captions have information of interest. I have included the complete captions for the two photos from Guadalcanal here because of the limitations of size of captions that can be attached to the photographs. Notice how he has positioned his right leg for a fast get away. I want to draw your attention to the stance of the Movie Cameraman in the first photography. This posting has a series of pictures of Navy Photographers working in different theaters.
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