Bishop John Andrew Gregg of African Methodist Church in North Central United States playing with a koala bear while African-American US Army soldiers looked on, Australia, 21 Jul 1943

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Caption     Bishop John Andrew Gregg of African Methodist Church in North Central United States playing with a koala bear while African-American US Army soldiers looked on, Australia, 21 Jul 1943 ww2dbase
Date 21 Jul 1943
Photographer    Unknown
 
Source Information
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives
Identification Code   111-SC-18091
 
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Photos on Same Day 21 Jul 1943
Colorized By WW2DB     Colorized with Adobe Photoshop
 
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Added By C. Peter Chen
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1. Commenter identity confirmed C. Peter Chen says:
28 Mar 2008 05:58:54 PM

The koala bear was the pet of Private First Class Sammy Hurt of the US Army 630th Ordnance Company. The other men in the photo were also men of that company.
2. Anonymous says:
24 Oct 2011 12:51:10 PM

The man on the far right is Chaplain John A. DeVeaux, Sr., the bishop's military escort for the bishop's world-wide goodwill tour which took place during 1943 and 1944.

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