Calcutta

Dr. Wesley Furste waves "good bye" to the CBI, about to fly home to the US from Kunming, via Calcutta. Sept. 15, 1945.

A fascinating and rare image of a party or similar celebration of mostly African-American CBIers at the American Red Cross club in Calcutta. While the numerous shoulder insignia leave no question that these are CBI veterans (see blow-up below), the time of the event is a mystery. Many African American CBIers where stationed in WWII, working at the docks, in...

View overlooking Calcutta, India, during WWII.

Rickshaw pullers and carriages await at Howrah Bridge in Calcutta, India, as seen by 2005th Ordnance Maintenance Company, 28th Air Depot Group, in India during WWII.

Howrah Bridge in Calcutta, India, as seen from transport truck, 2005th Ordnance Maintenance Company, 28th Air Depot Group, in India during WWII.

Calcutta, India, during WWII.

Busy street in Calcutta, India, during WWII.

Entry to shop in Calcutta, India, during WWII.

American flyers and a friendly Scot in Calcutta in 1943. "T/Sgt. Roy Whistle (radio, my crew), a friendly Scot we all met in Calcutta, T/Sgt. Russell Doman, engineer, my crew. During WWII.

The wartime notebook of S/Sgt. Tom L. Grady. In his notebook, as a talented and curious young artist while in the CBI, he recorded scenes and vignettes that he saw in his life. He also recorded names and contact info for the people he met. "India. Taxi Driver. While going from Howrah R.R. station to Grand Hotel Calcutta."