World War II
Embree remained based at Pearl Harbor as an aerial photographer until February 1942 when he was stationed in Fiji for the following nine months. During World War II, Embree became a combat photographer with the Army Signal Corps. He served in a number of locations and theaters throughout the Pacific, including New Caledonia, New Zealand, the Philippines and Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands). He visited Santo Thomas University in Manila, which was used as a POW camp by the Japanese, soon after its liberation by United States forces.
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