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American military convoy goes through a small village in SW China. During WWII. Courtesy of https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agsphoto/id/7659.

"China, Bert Krawczyk and George Clements sitting at a restaurant table with an unidentified Chinese boy." During WWII. Courtesy of https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agsphoto/id/7684.

Members of 12th Air Service Group recovering fuel from crashed Nationalist-marked B-25: "Gasoline was a precious commodity in China. All the gas we received had to be flown over the Hump from India into China. This picture shows some members of the 396th pumping gasoline out of the wing tanks of a crashed B-25. With the supply situation of everything...

1st Lt. Addie Newland, an Army Nurse assigned to the Medical Air Evacuation Squadron, receives Air Medal from General. C. L. Chennault in the CBI during WWII.

Lt. Colonel William D. Hopson Of Little Rock, Arkansas, Squadron Commander In A Heavy Bomber Group Of The "Flying Tigers", Receives The Distinguished Flying Cross From Major General Charles B. Stone At A 14Th Air Force Base In China. 19 September 1945.

Loss Of B-24J #42-73309 'Trouble Maker'(v1) And Crew This crew was lost on a 'routine' flight from Lingling Airbase (in Hunan province) for a short flight to a base at Guilin (in adjacent Guangxi province) on the late afternoon of 28 May 1944, departing during weather conditions 'overcast with thunderstorms'. The report lists the cause of the loss as 'unknown'...

T/Sgt. Walter F. Casselberry, #33247620. Williamsburg, Pennsylvania. Born January 1, 1907, died October 4, 1944. T/Sgt. Casselberry entered service in July, 1942, with a high school education, and a background in poultry farming. He received training as both an armorer-gunner and a bombardier. After training, T/Sgt. Casselberry flew more than 50 missions--a very large count--in the Mediterranean theater. He is...

African-American serviceman putting the M-14 in the igniter of a M-76 500-pound incendiary bomb in China during WWII. 2nd AAF Combat Camera Detachment, APO #493.

An African-American serviceman inserts the M-5 igniter into the burster well of the a M-76 500-pound incendiary bomb, making certain that the pipe lugs of the igniter are to the rear. China. 2nd AAF Combat Camera Detachment, APO #493.

A rickshaw puller in China resting. During WWII.