Marine Private First Class George T. Alvarez
Dateca. 1943
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions8 13/16 × 6 15/16 in. (22.3 × 17.7 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Nancy Tucker
Object numberPA2019.041.041
DescriptionMarine Private First Class George T. Alvarez kneels in the mud beside stream and balances a rifle against the trunk of a cut tree while on patrol as a scout on Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Territory of New Guinea during World War II. He is wearing a khaki uniform with a helmet. He is looking intently toward the left of the camera. A caption typed on the back of the photograph reads, "NEW MEXICO MARINE -- Marine Private First Class George T. Alvarez, a scout on Cape Gloucester, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. E.B. Alvarez, of 2014 North Second St., Albuquerque, N.M. A veteran of jungle fighting on New Britain, Alvarez has been overseas for 22 months."On View
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