Hooghly River

"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...

"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...

A boat on the Hooghly River, India. In the CBI during WWII.

Harbor scene on lower Hooghly River, India. In the CBI during WWII. Photo from Steve Little.

Marine Raven being towed down the Hooghly River as the GIs depart Calcutta on their way home after the war, in 1945.

Cardinal Spellman and General Hanley chat at Hastings Mill, India, near Hooghly River, during WWII.

Headquarters of the Army Air Forces India Burma Theater & Eastern Air Command at Hastings Mills, Calcutta, during WWII. August 16, 1945.

GI crosses Hoogly River in India, during WWII with fellow passengers and a bicycle.