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Rodriguez

Filipino World War II veteran and survivor of the Bataan death march Wenceslao Rodriguez, taken on Memorial Day 2006. Photo by Dave Dwiggins.
"This is another of the eight P-40's that were built from the salvage yard at Kwelin,China.The guys that are running an air speed indicator test are Art Rodriguez...Major Matthews...?...Joe Cooper. Joe was the crew chief on this project." Notation of the nose of the plane seems to say "DEVIL'S KID" and "Mikado Raider II."
"This is the place we called home at Liangshan, China. The guys in the picture are Parker Fedeler, Ralph O'Connor, Art Rodriguez, and Albert Ondira."
"Fedeler, Rodriguez, Ondira, And Bukey Outside Our Humble Living Quarters In Liangshan, China."
GIs lounge at the loading door of a C-47 transport plane in China during WWII during evacuation because of Ichigo: "We Were Forced To Evacuate Our Base At Kwelin, China And This Is A Pic Of Some Of The 396th Guys Loading On A C-47 To Get Out Of There. Standing: Weidenbrenner, and Reese. L/R In Plane: Souder, O'Connor, Rodriguez...
"Here Is A Group Of 396th Guys At Kwelin Taking A Break While Rebuilding One Of The P-40's. Souder, Reese, Kennedy, O'Connor, Rodriguez, and Thompson."
"More Salvage Work--The Three "R"'s Rodriguez, Reese, and Rutter Goofing Off To Have Their Picture Taken While Salvaging A B-25 At Liangshan, China."Caption courtesy of Elmer Bukey.