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16th Combat Camera Unit

Some background on the 16th Combat Camera Unit can be found here: http://www.cbi-history.com/part_vi_16th_ccu.html

Hostel #6 at Guilin air base during WWII.
Chinese farmers work in fields outside an American air base in SW China during WWII.
Getting a few last vehicles across a bridge at Liuzhou before the Japanese advance in the fall of 1944. The bridge decking planks have been removed, but there are enough free planks that by moving a few planks, then moving forward a bit on those planks, then moving a few more planks, the jeep can creep across. To see a...
The Guanyue Temple (关岳庙), in Guilin.
Views from two different sides of a bridge, probably in Guangxi province, either Liuzhou or Guilin.
Allies building a wooden trestle bridge in the CBI during WWII. From the collection of Hal Geer.
Some of the tough terrain that the air crews flew over in the CBI. This would be SW China or "The Hump" region spanning India, Burma, and China. From the collection of Hal Geer.
Some of the tough terrain that the air crews flew over in the CBI.
Aerial view of airbase in the CBI during WWII.