Big House Tacloban 1944

Original pencil sketch, signed and dated by Murphy, of "Big House" Tacloban. Notation at top says MacArthur headquarters on Leyte. Original pencil sketch, signed and dated by Murphy, of "Big House" Tacloban. Notation at top says MacArthur headquarters on Leyte. Murphy joined the New York 7th Regiment in 1940 and trained at Camp Stewart, Georgia. He sailed to Australia in 1943 and served on General MacArthur's staff. Later he went to New Guinea and the Philippines before moving on to Japan following the surrender.

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Original record: Big House Tacloban 1944
Collection: Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection
Date(s): 1944
Usage: Collection is open for research.
Rights Statement: No Copyright - United States
Creator(s): Murphy, John Cullen, 1919-2004 (artist)
Subject(s): Camp Stewart, Georgia
Leyte Gulf
Murphy
New York 7th Regiment
Philippines
Sketches
Tacloban (Concentration camp)
World War, 1939-1945
Type: still image

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