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Liaison Officer

Capt. O. D. Propps, American Liaison Officer, and Col. Tung Tau, commanding 388 Regiment, 130th Division, 53rd Chinese Army, inspect captured Japanese heavy machine gun, captured on Li La Hill northwest of Chefang. This machine gun fires 7.92 mm ammunition. Yunnan Province on November 28, 1944. Photo by T/5 W. E. Shemorry. B-Detachment, 164th Signal Photographic Company, APO 627. Passed...
American liaison officers and Chinese troop commanders plan coordinated air and ground attack on Japanese forces at Hung Chiu Hill, southwest of Chefang. L-R: Capt. Benjamin C. Adams, Earl M. Rothberger, Capt. William L. Yeomans (F. A. Liaison O), Col. Wang Ching-shan (C.O. 388th Regiment), Lt. Col. J.N. Ruggieri (Liaison O. With 130th Division), Wang Chen-yuan (Interpreter), and Maj. Gen...
Chinese troops march near Mitu, Yunnan province, during WWII. They pass pack mules with wooden saddles as an American liaison officer and GIs (right center beyond mules) watch the passing parade. US Signal Corps Photo.
September 15, 1944 Chinese General officers of the Hon. 1st Div. and the American Liaison Officers attached to that Division. Photo by Pvt. W. E. Shemorry
September 29, 1945 Kunming China L to R: Col. Hwang 13th Regt. C. O. shakes hands with Col. Charles Haggerty, American Liaison Officer (M. S.) to Chinese 13th F. A. Regt., with American artillery in the background. During WWII. Photo by T/4 Henry Allen