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Rangoon

Rangoon burning after the fall of Rangoon in 1942. "Photos obtained from a Burmese refugee."
Frank Bond examines discarded "invasion currency" on a Rangoon, Burma, street near Bank of India, where it had been dumped during evacuation. Spring 1945. See alternative image here.
GI examines discarded "invasion currency" on a Rangoon, Burma, street near Bank of India, where it had been dumped during evacuation. Spring 1945. See alternative image here.
View of a building burning in Rangoon, Burma. In the CBI during WWII.
A GI points to detail at Japanese training ground in Rangoon, Burma, during WWII.
Joseph C. Rich, MIA-KIA from the CBI. Anyone with more information on Mr. Rich, please contact Pat at pat@rshonor.org. Info from postings by Lisa Phillips: B-24 "Maxwell House II" Serial Number 42-73245 USAAF Crew 2nd Lt. Joseph C. Rich (POW/KIA) Crashed November 27, 1943 Mission History Shot down on Mission B. Rich was taken prisoner in Rangoon Prison. Died in...