16th Combat Camera Unit

In Liuzhou, Guangxi. Train in the background burned after Japanese bombing on September 27, 1944. In the foreground Col. Richard Wise (AGFRTS) takes stock. According to Hal, Col. Wise was somewhat unconventional, and on at least one occasion made a parachute jump without the proper gear (proper shoes), and was bawled out by Chennault. This photo is similar to some...

Street scene on a snowy day in China during WWII, probably in Guangxi province.

At Kunming. Crowds gather to greet the first convoy to reach China via the Burma Road, on February 4, 1945, during WWII.

Street scene in Guilin before the Allied retreat in the fall of 1944.

American flyers at Guilin, China, set forth with their gear towards the flight line during WWII. From the collection of Hal Geer.

Retreat from Guilin, 1944. This looks like engineers are planting mines before the Japanese enter the city. Note the burned buildings in the background. From the collection of Hal Geer.

Street scene in Guilin, shortly before the Japanese advance in the fall of 1944.

Chinese countryside, most likely in Yunnan province. During WWII.

An American fuel train at the edge of the field, at Liuzhou, after bombing by Japanese bombers of September 27, 1944 during 45 minute air raid.

Performer on troop ship USS Brazil of the skit "Calling Mr. Galloway." Lou Gandler (bottom image), as well as Jules Kaufman & Johnny Klock of the 16th CCU in the group. GIs on the way back home in the US after the war. Not only did the audience include dozens of African-American GIs mixed in, before the stage, but one...