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EVERY NIGHT'S AN "AT-HOME" NIGHT TO U.S. TROOPS IN AUSTRALIA. THROUGH THE DOORS OF COUNTLESS AUSTRALIAN HOMES THAT ARE KEPT PROPPED OPEN FOR THEM, AMERICAN SOLDIERS, SAILORS AND AIRMEN ARE MARCHING BACK IN THE HOURS "OFF DUTY" INTO A HOME LIFE, THAT THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD LEFT BEHIND. IT IS A LIFE OF HOME COOKING THE WAY MOTHER COOKED, OF PEELING POTATOES AND HELPING WASH THE DISHES, OF FEET ON THE MANTLEPIECE IN FRONT OF THE FIRE, OF RAIDS ON THE ICE-BOX FOR SUPPER, OF QUIET NIGHTS WITH BOOKS, OF HILARIOUS NIGHTS OF SONG AND DANCE. THESE SHOTS WERE TAKEN IN A COSY SUBURBAN VILLA IN ONE OF AUSTRALIA'S BIGGEST CITIES. SCENES LIKE THEM ARE REPEATED EVERY NIGHT OF THE WEEK IN THE HOMES OF EVERY AUSTRALIAN CITY AND TOWN WHERE U.S. TROOPS ARE QUARTERED. THE MEN IN THESE PICTURES TRAINED TOGETHER AT HOME, SAILED FOR AUSTRALIA TOGETHER, ARE ENCAMPED TOGETHER, WORK TOGETHER, PLAY TOGETHER AND SHARE THE SAME SET OF FRIENDS. THIS IS THEIR SHIELD AGAINST LONELINESS -- THIS AND THE FIRM, WARM GRIP OF THE WELCOMING HAND THAT AWAITS THEM WHEREVER THEY GO. 12176.... AL WRITES HOME -- A JOINT LETTER TO MOTHER AND SWEETHEART. THE SPELLING OF AUSTRALIA'S PLACE-NAMES, -- IN MANY CASES THE ABORIGINAL NAMES ARE RETAINED -- PUZZLES HIM. "HOW DO YOU SPELL CROAJINGALONG?" HE ASKS HIS HOST. AL'S HOST IS AN AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT OFFICER ON VITAL WAR WORK. HIS MAIN RELAXATION IS A QUIET DINNER AT HOME WITH HIS AMERICAN FRIENDS.
THROUGH THE DOORS OF COUNTLESS AUSTRALIAN HOMES THAT ARE KEPT PROPPED OPEN FOR THEM AMERICAN SOLDIERS, SAILORS AND AIRMEN ARE MARCHING BACK IN THE HOURS "OFF DUTY" INTO A HOME LIFE, THAT THEY THOUGHT
THROUGH THE DOORS OF COUNTLESS AUSTRALIAN HOMES THAT ARE KEPT PROPPED OPEN FOR THEM, AMERICAN SOLDIERS, SAILORS AND AIRMEN ARE MARCHING BACK IN THE HOURS "OFF DUTY" INTO A HOME LIFE, THAT THEY THOUGHT
THROUGH THE DOORS OF COUNTLESS AUSTRALIAN HOMES THAT ARE KEPT PROPPED OPEN FOR THEM, AMERICAN SOLDIERS, SAILORS AND AIRMEN ARE MARCHING BACK IN THE HOURS "OFF DUTY" INTO A HOME LIFE, THAT THEY THOUGHT
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1946-08-22. STAFF SERGEANT R. BURLISON IS WELCOMED HOME BY FAMILY AND FRIENDS, AFTER HIS ARRIVAL ON HMAS SHROPSHIRE THAT CARRIED TROOPS OF THE AUSTRALIAN VICTORY CONTINGENT UNIT. LEFT
"HOW DO YOU DO?". "RED" THE 'ROO MEETS LIEUT. MARY CREAN OF THE U.S. NURSING SERVICE. ALTHOUGH SHE WOULD RATHER BE HOME IN NEW ENGLAND, THERE ARE MANY THINGS ABOUT AUSTRALIA THAT SHE THINKS ARE "CUTE"
There are still Australians in Korea in June 1956. Although the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR) is home now, the men of Signal Squadron, Commonwealth Contingent Korea are fulfillin
