WWII Photo Album of Black U.S. Army Captain Roy L. Fields, Stationed in Hawaii

[African Americana]'[W.W.II] [Black Military] Album of 83 photographs, 61 affixed to album pages and 22 loose, belonging to Roy Fields, a Black U.S. Army officer stationed in Hawaii during W.W.II and later Reserve Captain in the Army Transportation Corps. Most photographs affixed to album pages have accompanying captions. The first two pages have empty frames and captions indicating they once held photos of Fields upon graduating from Officer Candidate School. One page has a pasted in photo of Lena Horne looking down at the frame. Early pages have images of young women captioned "Norma" and "Vera" and many photos of Fields' fellow officers, many with captions indicating their names. Photos depict officers sitting together, reading, "Preparing Mess" in the kitchen, and playing with a kitten named "Butch". One picture shows a decorated Christmas tree captioned "Night Before Xmas". One particularly dark page has several photos of emaciated children and a body beside a photo of a road sign reading "Saipan 1W", indicating these pictures may date to the Battle of Saipan, or document the aftermath of the battle. The back pages of the album are filled with real photo postcards showing life around the Hawaiian islands, including a woman making leis, surfers, and hula dancers in Honolulu. Several photos show a group of black officers posing together captioned "Somewhere in the Pacific". Also included are many shots of nature around Maui and Kauai, including Rainbow Falls in Hilo, Haleakala crater, and Sprouting Horn blowhole. Loose photos are comprised of images showing both black and white soldiers, women in the WAC, army planes and jeeps, soldiers posing on a ship and on the beach with Hawaiian locals, and pictures of the Second Marine Division Cemetery. With this album are four clipped newspaper articles, one from 1944 with an image of "Sweetheart" Florence Coles, two from 1954 and 1955 with images of Roy Fields, one with an article interviewing Fields regarding his job as a Freight Terminal Dept. marine cargo control specialist, and one from 1962 detailing Captain Fields' "outstanding service" conducting tactical training for soldiers at the XV Corps and Sixth Army pre-camp conference. String bound with handsome leather boards. Cover has a gold embossed image of a tropical island and reads "Aloha Hawaii". One page loose, the rest holding tightly. Photos clean and clear. Overall good to very good condition. An album documenting Hawaii prior to statehood through the eyes of a black officer during W.W.II. (Inventory #: 21159)