The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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. THE WASHING-UP DONE, AL FRITSCHIE, OF 56 COTTAGE STREET, MIDLAND PARK, NEW JERSEY, RELAXES ON THE SETTEE WITH A NEWSPAPER. AN AMPLE DINNER MAKES AL REFLECTIVE. NORMALLY, HE IS THE WISECRAKER OF THE PARTY. TONIGHT HE GOES ON DUTY AT MIDNIGHT, SO HIS HOSTESS WILL FIX HIM UP SOME PILLOWS AND HE WILL DOZE FOR A WHILE. IN CIVIL LIFE, AL WAS A DAIRYMAN.
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
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 BA
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
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