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Burma Road (Ledo, Stilwell)

Medic vaccinates Lisu tribe woman against plague on Burma Road. Photo by Sgt. Onedil (??), photo submitted by Syd Greenberg.
Combat Photographer T/Sgt. Syd Greenberg, 164th Signal Photographic Company, with his Mitchell mobile camera along the Burma Road in 1944. In the CBI in 1944. Photo by Sgt. Ackerman.
Member of the 988th Signal Service Battalion grabs a bite to eat along the Burma Road. "We quickly learned to heat cans of food on the engine, and have it warm and ready for a quick stop." In the CBI. Photo by Jesse D. Newman.
GI leans against sign at junction of Ledo Road and the Burma Road, during WWII. See variation of this image here.
Aerial view of the Ledo-Burma Road, January 28, 1945. In the CBI. US Army Photo.
Burma Road sign at Hsipaw, Burma, during WWII. May 4, 1945. Photo from Anthony J. Vesich.
Mars Task Force men fight bittler battle for Burma Road. U.S. Army photo from Raimon B. Cary.
Colonel George Van Zee with Brigadier General Fritz Briedster (right) on the Burma Road, 1944. Photo from George Van Zee.
"Ten mule teams keep the caissons rolling along on this Burma Road as they draw this heavy Chinese howitzer to the battlefront at Lungling, Yunnan, China." During WWII. September 9, 1944. Photo from Sydney L. Greenberg, 164th Signal Photographic Company.
Lonely, winding section of Burma Road near the Salween River in southwest China, during WWII. Photo by George Pollock.