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Bird hunting trip in Syria (six members of the hunting party)

April 1942

Left to right: Two carriers, Sergeant Major Jack Hill-Skinner (from the New Zealand Expeditionary Force), Pasha Ariens, Reg Ryan, Mike. In April 1942, Arthur Howe, Jr. and others rescued a local child who was injured by a military vehicle and took her to a Syrian doctor. The child's parents, as a sign of gratitude, invited Arthur Howe, Jr., the Syrian doctor and Jack Hill Skinner (a fellow from New Zealand) to go on a bird hunting trip on the mountains above Zahleh. The day after the bird hunting trip, Arthur Howe, Jr. went to Palestine.

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Arthur Howe, Jr. Collection, 1914-2014 Series 1: World War II, 1940-2009 (bulk 1940-1945) Subseries 1B: Photographs, 1941-1943 Box 4-5 Group 3: Middle East and North Africa

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