PowerPoint slide show (64 pages, 2.53 MB)
The slide show was created by Helen White from previously scanned images.
A few pages were omitted
— from the Brown Album,
page 2*,
page 8,
page 10,
page 29,
page 30,
page 32*;
from the Black Album,
page 1,
page 15,
page 21,
page 23,
page 25,
page 26,
page 27,
page 30,
page 33,
page 34,
page 36b,
page 37.
Extras: Our cook.
*WARNING: political incorrectness.
All photographs and images copyright 2007 by Alton Breault.
About the Brown Album: I took these photographs in Egypt, Palestine, Transjordan (now Jordan), and South Africa in 1942 and 1943. The album I purchased in Amman (see "At the Photo Shop" below) with the intention of compiling something that could be mailed home and passed around to anyone who was interested. It was mailed in October and arrived in October of the following year.
About the Black Album: Pictures taken in Sicily, Italy, England, and Scotland, and lots more pictures from Africa.
Atop a Pyramid, Giza, 1942: "A long way up -- but we made it! A 17 minute climb."
Copyright 2007 by Alton Breault
At the Photo Shop, Amman, August 1942: "Armed to the teeth. Belongs to the Camel Corps."
Left to right: Alton and two comedians, who swapped headgear for the picture
Copyright 2007 by Alton Breault
"July 10, 1943. Where I landed by invasion barge — Syracuse, Sicily."
Copyright 2007 by Alton Breault
