Calcutta

The photographer and collector of the images in the Roubinek Collection in Yunnan province, China, during WWII. We know very little about this CBI veteran or the background of these images. See an overview here. An image from the Roubinek Collection, showing American GIs and street scenes in India.

"On the Hooghly River hauling water for troop ships. The barges were steel, assembled in Khulna by Army Engineers, towed to Calcutta by the 327th Harbor Craft Co. Barges were 110 feet long, 31 feet wide, with about 7 feet of free board light. Originally used to haul gasoline from Goalindo to Dacca by the 327th and the 326th. Left...

"My boat #327, an MTL (Motor Tour, Launch) of the 327th Harbor Craft Company. Diesel powered-single screw. Crewed by three men. Landing at Hastings Mill where we sometimes ate and enjoyed a movie at HQ 20th Bomber Command. We usually ate and slept aboard or ate at Budge-Budge, Hastings, Barrackpore, or other exotic ports of call. I think that is...

"Taken on the Jamuna River, December 1944 or January 1945---Early morning. Taken from the control tower aft of the LCR (Landing Craft-River) being delivered to Tezpur. I recall where the other LCR were delivered. This whole trip too 32 days from Calcutta via Khulna, Goalondo, Guwahati--most of the time subsisting on K-Rations. T. E. Davis"

"Taken January 20, 1945 at Tezpur, India (my 20th Birthday). The guys in the picture were with an Army Engine Unit to whom we delivered two LCRs (Landing Craft-River) following a 32-day trip up river from Calcutta. I don't know any names. Help! Tom Davis"