Salween River

Bridge over Salween River during WWII.

T/Sgt. Syd Greenberg, Combat Photographer, interacts with a Chinese soldier on the trail towards the Salween River. "7th day out and still walking up hill." May 20, 1944. Photo by Cpl. Hedge.

An airdrop of rice supplies near the Salween River by 14th Air Force crew, from 7500 feet elevation. Twelve 100-lb bags are readied, then pushed out. Kicker on floor is Cpl. Albert A. Baneroft, and on the background Cpl. Milton Chapman, foreground is Pvt. Robert Minnis, and pushing out rice is T/Sgt. Clifford Spiegelbert.

An American L-5 of the 19th Liaison Sqd. over the Salween River gorge during WWII. Photo from Vrana.

Detonating Japanese dud bomb from raid of August 23, 1944, at the Salween River Bridge. Photo from Raimon B. Cary.

Barge across Salween River in Burma during WWII. Photo by Syd Greenberg.

Chinese troops cross walkway (actually a long flat bottom boat) above water en route to Burma-China border front lines of the Salween River Campaign in 1944. Photo from T/Sgt. Syd Greenberg.

Chinese troops on the way to the Salween River Campaign. During WWII.

Medic, Captain Borak, on the Burma Road, tends to a Chinese soldier's wounds during the Salween River Campaign, 1944. Photo by T/Sgt. Syd Greenberg.

"Troops crossing Salween River by Hwi Tung [Huitong] footbridge, 8-2-44. US Army Photo 175-1." Burma. 2 August 1944. In the CBI. Above in an image collected by the editors of Ex-CBI Roundup (usually through reader submission) over many years of publication, and provided to the Remembering Shared Honor project.