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Chinese candymaker at the Russian bakery offering some of the now locally manufactured candy which is soon to be sold in US Army Post Exchanges, at APO 627, to Maj. Robert E. Envell. Sitting by is MME Wei Chen-ko, wrapping the peanut candy. Yunnan Province on December 15, 1944. Photo by Pfc. Thomas F. Melvin. Passed by Emanuel Goldberg.
T/Sgt. Franklin E. Ditto, Sgt. Raymond F. Brunner, ARC civilian aide Lucy, and Cpl. Theodore A. Kobel play with Virginia Elizabeth Porter. Yunnan Province on December 15, 1944. Photo by Pfc. Thomas F. Melvin. Passed by Emanuel Goldberg.
Lt. Gen. Yung Li-teh, Aide-de-camp to governor Lung. Yunnan Province on December 13, 1944. Photo by Pfc. Thomas F. Melvin.
Eating banquet dinner at party at Governor Lung's of Yunnan Province on December 16, 1944. Secretary Liang Yu-kao, and Gen. Liu Ya-yang. Photo by Pfc. Thomas F. Melvin. Passed by censor William E. Whitten.
Party at Governor Lung's of Yunnan Province on December 16, 1944. Gen. Lu Han, Maj. Gen. Wedemeyer, and Gen. Kwan. Photo by Pfc. Thomas F. Melvin. Passed by censor William E. Whitten.
A woman (likely a prostitute) in India (or Burma), and a woman (apparently named Rosa Lung) in China. During WWII.
Burma Road dedication ceremony in Kunming, China, on February 4, 1945, during WWII. Review of first convoy (or one of the first convoys) to reach China. General view of the stage and reviewing party, with American and Chinese dignitaries, soldiers, and civilian VIPs. An American band plays, and an honor lines on both sides of the center carpet stand in...
Burma Road dedication ceremony in Kunming, China, on February 4, 1945, during WWII. Review of first convoy (or one of the first convoys) to reach China. General view of the stage and reviewing party, with American and Chinese dignitaries, soldiers, and civilian VIPs. An American band plays, and an honor lines on both sides of the center carpet stand in...
Burma Road dedication ceremony in Kunming, China, on February 4, 1945, during WWII. Review of first convoy (or one of the first convoys) to reach China. General view of the stage and reviewing party, with American and Chinese dignitaries, soldiers, and civilian VIPs. An American band plays, and an honor lines on both sides of the center carpet stand in...
High officers and leadership of the Nationalists in China during WWII, in 1944. In the middle is Chiang Kai-shek, with Gen Lung on the right. Photo from George C. Pappas.