“Bird” and “Pop” on the Lava Rocks, Oahu, 1940

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Institution:

COGG Honor Archive

Collection:

The William Stinson Brown & Joanne Auringer Brown Family Collection

Date:

1940

Item Type:

Photograph

Branch of Service:

US Marine Corps

WWII Theater:

Pacific Theater

Unit / Squadron / Ship / Industry:

Rights / Restrictions:

Public Access

Description:

Photograph of two shirtless Marines in swim trunks, PVT Phillip G. “Bird Dog” Page and CPL Lyman R. “Pop” Malone posed arm-in-arm atop a lava rock outcropping with large breaking surf behind them, taken during a 1940 outing around Oahu, Hawaii. 1940.

Additional Notes

This photograph is from the personal collection of photographs taken by CPL William Stinson Brown while stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii before the infamous attack of 7 December 1941. CPL Brown was there during the attack. These unique photographs were donated to the COGG Honor Archive for public use of students, writers and researchers of history. The generous donation was from CPL William S Brown’s, son, William Stinson “Bill” Brown Jr. and his loving granddaughter Caitlin Brown Clancy.

Keywords:

PVT Phillip G. “Bird Dog” Page, CPL Lyman R. “Pop” Malone, swim trunks, shirtless, lava rock, breaking surf, beach photograph, Oahu, Hawaii Territory, 1940, sightseeing outing, two men, candid portrait, pre-WWII, U.S. Marine Corps

Cite As:

“”Bird” and “Pop” on the Lava Rocks, Oahu, 1940.” CPL William Stinson Brown. 1940. The William Stinson Brown & Joanne Auringer Brown Family Collection. Honor Archive, Conservators of the Greatest Generation (COGG), San Antonio, Texas.