Burma Road (Ledo, Stilwell)

T/5 Theodore E. Eitel directs children in cleaning his Burma Road Engineers truck, after a day of hauling rock for the Kao Tien district of the Burma Road being built from Lungling, China, to meet the Ledo Road at the Burma border. Yunnan Province on December 1, 1944. Photo by T/Sgt. Greenberg. B-Detachment, 164th Signal Photographic Company, APO 627. Passed...

A road camp on the Burma (or Ledo or Stilwell) Road. During WWII in the CBI.

Burma Road dedication parade and ceremony in Kunming, China, on or around February 4, 1945, during WWII. Review of first convoy (or one of the first convoys) to reach China. Chinese soldiers marching in fancy parade dress during, waiting for their turn in the parade.

Burma Road dedication parade and ceremony in Kunming, China, on or around February 4, 1945, during WWII. Review of first convoy (or one of the first convoys) to reach China. Ranks of soldiers and civilians, waiting in anticipation of the parade, speeches, and first trucks to arrive, watch motorcycle MPs and jeeps, with US and Chinese flags.

Burma Road dedication parade and ceremony in Kunming, China, on or around February 4, 1945, during WWII. Review of first convoy (or one of the first convoys) to reach China. Chinese and American military officers give speeches into microphones.

Burma Road dedication parade and ceremony in Kunming, China, on or around February 4, 1945, during WWII. Review of first convoy (or one of the first convoys) to reach China. Ranks of soldiers and civilians, waiting in anticipation of the parade, speeches, and first trucks to arrive.

Burma Road dedication parade and ceremony in Kunming, China, on or around February 4, 1945, during WWII. Review of first convoy (or one of the first convoys) to reach China. Ranks of soldiers and civilians. Note movie camera filming on top.

Burma Road dedication parade and ceremony in Kunming, China, on or around February 4, 1945, during WWII. Review of first convoy (or one of the first convoys) to reach China. Ranks of soldiers and civilians. Note movie camera filming on far right, and just below that, a couple of African-American officers.

Burma Road dedication parade and ceremony in Kunming, China, on or around February 4, 1945, during WWII. Review of first convoy (or one of the first convoys) to reach China. General view of the stage area and MPs at the ready at jeeps provided by Service of Supply (SOS) . The "Burma Road" was also often known as the "Stilwell...