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20th Bomber Command

"Vehicles bound for Chengdu and the 20th bomber command are loaded on barges. As a steamboat (behind man directing) waits to ferry the barge across. All necessary gasoline was carried along for the journey. Several 55 gallon drums are visible in the vehicle. Poles were used to move the barges out of shallow water." Courtesy of https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agsphoto/id/7572.
An exclusively African-American crew uncrates and prepares M47 A2 chemical incendiary bombs for use on on a 20th Bomber Command Boeing B-29 raid. China, during WWII.
"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...
GIs at street intersection in Madras, India, during WWII: Sgt. Bob Schoby, Lt. Miller, and T/Sgt. George Zdanoff. Regarding Sgt. Zdanoff: "TSgt Zdanoff served in the US Army Air Corp from 2/23/1943 to 4/8/1946 and was assigned to the 20th Air Force Bomber Command and 930th Aviation Regiment. He was stationed at Fort Dix NJ and served in China, Burma...
Bombs mid air during a bombing in the CBI.
Sgt. Calvin Brown, Kimball, Minnesota, cleans the upper forward guns of the 20th Bomber Command Boeing B-29 Superfortress "Sister Sue". China. 40th Bomb Group.