Don't I Look Ambitious

Stopping and browsing at a local yard sale about a year ago, I picked up a copy of Alcoholics Anonymous and found the attached photo. It was probably taken overseas during World War II. At first, I thought it was in the tropics, but the landscape belies that. Perhaps it was taken @ a US military base. It is inscribed on the back: "Don't I look ambitious, the regular stenographer. Also notice how bald yours truly is getting."