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Flyers with a P-40 in the CBI. The plane shows the emblem of the "CHINA'S BLITZER" 23rd Fighter Group. "Standing, left-to-right, toward wing of P-40 fighter then on the engine cowl toward the propeller: Hall, Haynes, Rogers, Anderson, Bavuso, Machin, Nollmeyer CO, Davis, Stiles, Norton, Weller, Marshall, Baglio, Headly, Deveer, Macdonald. 26-87A.
B-25 dropping line of bombs over SW China, French Indochina, or Burma, during WWII. 22nd Bombardment Squadron. Image from Francis E. Davis.

327th Harbor Craft Company Pictorial

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This is a set of text and images provided by Thomas E. Davis in 1983, and they can be viewed in order via the image panel below. These images were collected by the editors of Ex-CBI Roundup (through reader submission) over many years of publication, and provided to the Remembering Shared Honor project.

In the CBI during WWII. 

Here is text of letter from Mr. Davis attached to images:

"2/21/83

A crew of the 11th Bomb Squadron, 341st Bomb Group, stands beside a B-25 "Tokyo Jo" somewhere in China on 2 February 1943. They are: Capt. E. W. Holstrom Lt. L. J. Murphy Lt. Robert E. Davis Lt. Charles J. Carino T/Sgt. Adam R. Williams Image courtesy of Tony Strotman.
"On the Hooghly River hauling water for troop ships. The barges were steel, assembled in Khulna by Army Engineers, towed to Calcutta by the 327th Harbor Craft Co. Barges were 110 feet long, 31 feet wide, with about 7 feet of free board light. Originally used to haul gasoline from Goalindo to Dacca by the 327th and the 326th. Left...
"My boat #327, an MTL (Motor Tour, Launch) of the 327th Harbor Craft Company. Diesel powered-single screw. Crewed by three men. Landing at Hastings Mill where we sometimes ate and enjoyed a movie at HQ 20th Bomber Command. We usually ate and slept aboard or ate at Budge-Budge, Hastings, Barrackpore, or other exotic ports of call. I think that is...
"Lynn, Great Falls, Montana, at the controls. Eugene Bowers, Deepwater, New Jersey, and Lou Smith, of Tennessee (left to right). Bowers used to do a back dive off the barge loaded with deck cargo, swim under the 110' barge and 40-plus foot catamaran, while we were underway, and catch a trailing lifeline with preserver attached. Hooghly River (Howrah bridge in...
"Taken on the Jamuna River, December 1944 or January 1945---Early morning. Taken from the control tower aft of the LCR (Landing Craft-River) being delivered to Tezpur. I recall where the other LCR were delivered. This whole trip too 32 days from Calcutta via Khulna, Goalondo, Guwahati--most of the time subsisting on K-Rations. T. E. Davis"
"Taken January 20, 1945 at Tezpur, India (my 20th Birthday). The guys in the picture were with an Army Engine Unit to whom we delivered two LCRs (Landing Craft-River) following a 32-day trip up river from Calcutta. I don't know any names. Help! Tom Davis"
American LCR (Landing Craft-River) at a dock on a river in India during WWII.