Building a signal with the help of Tagabuanas tribesmen.

Plane table mapping in the mangroves in the southern Sulu Sea. In the same area that a crocodile had attacked John Bond

A signal built in a tree. Note ladder built up tree

Bloomberg doing topo work on Calayan Island.

Bloomberg's topo party.

Doing reconnaissance work from a tree. Note telescope in person's hands

A C&GS crew ashore with natives. Note pistol on hip - still a few insurgents around

Bilan tribesmen near C&GS shore camp.

Shore camp on small coral islet. Party off the MARINDUQUE

Recruiting and personnel work made easy. Native comes out of bush with boar on hip. Photo #1 of sequence

Native trades boar for clothes and haircut. Now the ship has a brand new crewman. Photo #2 of sequence

Camp cook roasts the boar and all hands get barbecued pork.

A snaky looking camp in the highlands of Central Luzon. Triangulation party of Elliott B. Roberts. Pushing the triangulation through the mountains from Manila to Aparri

Ken Crosby, constabulary guard, and shore party. Off the MARINDUQUE

Philippine constabulary guard with shore party of George L. Anderson. Off the MARINDUQUE

The Philippine constabulary guard with shore party of Hubert A. Paton. Off the PATHFINDER

Raymond S. Patton's camp at Bosque. Off the RESEARCH

A shore camp.

Shore camp crew posing on coral rock.

Mate Overton at camp with a hydro shore crew.

Mrs. Peacock being carried ashore from small boat. She accompanied her husband on ship during his tour as commanding officer. Off the MARINDUQUE

Getting back to the launch from shore work. Hate to get those feet wet. Off the MARINDUQUE

Liberty boat stuck in mud - all hands waiting for the taxi service.

Coaling the S.S. MINNESOTA in Japan with a small army of laborers. A stop on the way out to the Philippines

Marion Aslakson seeing the pyramids in style. On the way home from the Philippines

The S.S. MINNESOTA on the way to the Philippines.

Coral cliff shoreline. Note men on cliff. Party off the MARINDUQUE

The church at San Carlos. C&GS crew moving by pony and oxcart

Bloomberg and Robert A. Studds dressed up in tropical finery. Touring Sandakan, Borneo on rented bicycles

The U.S.S. SHERMAN. An Army transport used by Coast Surveyors coming to the Philippines.

Signal-building crew on way to mountain peak. Hoping nothing bites their legs. Off the PATHFINDER

The road through the Luzon highlands.

Ox-power transporting equipment to station site.

Nearly impenetrable trees and vines confronted Coast Surveyors in many areas.

Going to Bosque - if it wasn't trees and vines, it was head-high sawgrass.

Riding the rickshaws at Shanghai on the way out to the Philippines. Future Rear Admiral and Mrs. Paul A. Smith

A primitive ferry boat in the Southern Philippines.

A little less primitive ferry boat in the Southern Philippines.

Plane table survey in the water. Look out for the crocs!!!!

Sometimes these would catch the humans instead of vice versa. Huge salt-water crocodile on display in Sandakan, Borneo

An idyllic South Philippines village.

Sketch of a Coast Survey camp site.

A colorful native boat.

A Manabo tribe boy.

The sultan's palace at Mambaing, Jolo. Before the typhoon

The sultan's palace at Maimbung, Jolo. After the typhoon

Rhino hunting in Borneo. Off the MARINDUQUE

The church built in 1621 at Morona.

The infamous Bilibid Prison. Some Coast Surveyors were incarcerated here by the Japanese in WWII

Marching the prisoners at Bilibid Prison. Some Coast Surveyors were incarcerated here by the Japanese in WWII