Evan Thomas during an ambulance inspection at El Tahag Mobilization Camp | Archives of the American Field Service and AFS Intercultural Programs

Evan Thomas during an ambulance inspection at El Tahag Mobilization Camp

circa September-October 1942

The El Tahag Mobilization Camp was a major distribution point for people and equipment, located near Sweet Water Canal (now Ismailia Canal), about 50 miles Northeast of Cairo, Egypt. The vehicle on the right Arthur Howe, Jr.'s lorry.

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Archives of the American Field Service and AFS Intercultural Programs

Arthur Howe, Jr. Collection, 1914-2014 Series 1: World War II, 1940-2009 (bulk 1940-1945) Subseries 1B: Photographs, 1941-1943 Box 4-5 Group 3: Middle East and North Africa

Scanned by staff at the Center for Jewish History in New York, NY in 2017.

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