Caption on verso of photograph: "A US Army Signal Corps Photographer is shown photographing infantrymen of the 25th Infantry Division as they are in process of knocking out a Jap pillbox position near Balete Pass, Luzon. The enemy is fiercely defending Balete pass because it is a key route to Baguio. The Japs set off an explosion which wounded both Infantry men and Cameraman shortly after this picture was taken. Photographer: Allen"
The caption on the verso of a print of this photograph in the United States Army Military History Institute's collection of Signal Corps photographs states that the cameraman was Hugh Morton.
Two soldiers lie behind a tree with rifles pointed, while a photographer at right photographs them. Taken during Hugh Morton's World War II service with the 161st Signal Photographic Company in Luzon, Philippines.