The Snapshots in Time Collection

Smoking Field Incinerator or Immersion Water Heater in Operation, Luzon, Philippines, WWII Era

Smoking Field Incinerator or Immersion Water Heater in Operation, Luzon, Philippines, WWII Era

Thick black smoke rises from an improvised field heater or incinerator at a U.S. Army camp on Luzon, Philippines. Equipment like this, often fashioned from salvaged drums and pipe, supported everyday sanitation tasks such as heating wash water or burning refuse during the Pacific campaign of World War II. Project: 218441