PVT Phillip G. “Bird Dog” Page at Ease, Marine Barracks, Pearl Harbor, 1941
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Photograph of PVT Phillip G. “Bird Dog” Page asleep in his bunk in the barracks, Marine Barracks, Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, shown shirtless, lying on his side beneath a sheet with head resting on the pillow. CPL William Stinson Brown captioned the back of this photograph, “‘Bird dog’ page at ease.” 1941.
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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.
Handwritten caption on verso, in CPL Brown’s hand: “PVT Phillip G. ‘Bird Dog’ Page – Crapping Out – Squad Room – Main Gate Guard – His twin brother was lost on the USS Houston – Bird Dog Page at ease.”
COGG Note: Subsequent post-war research reveals that Page’s twin brother, Bert Elwin Page (b. September 28, 1921), also a U.S. Marine, in fact survived the sinking of the USS Houston. He was taken prisoner by the Japanese and spent three years as a POW laboring on the Burma Railroad, surviving captivity. Bert Elwin Page passed away on July 27, 1992.