Calcutta

"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 menu for a three course dinner at a restaurant in Calcutta, India, during WWII. Supplied by Jay Anderson.

Trip of a train loaded with American GIs from Bombay to Calcutta during WWII. Photo from John Hillenbrand.

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

General Joseph W. Stilwell chats with men at port at Calcutta. July 30, 1944. Left to right: Brig. Gen. G. X. Cheves, Gen. Stilwell, S/Sgt. Julius Miller, Cpl. John Carvone, and Cpl. Peter Cecora. Photo by Pfc. Louis W. Raczkowski.

The original CBI Roundup linotype being used to set type for the next issue in Calcutta in 1944. Sgt. Mike Valenti and Charlie Clark resist the urge to kibitz.

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

Statue of a deity in the Jain Temple, Calcutta, during WWII. Photo from J. E. Thomas.

The Marine Raven arrive in Calcutta at the King George Docks with needed supplies. 1944.

Sketch of Barrackpore Air Base, Calcutta, 1945. Sketch of farm house as seen from artist George W. Stern's basha veranda.