Burma Road (Ledo, Stilwell)

U. S. Combat Artist, Sgt. R. Zounes, draws a Lisu woman along the Burma Road, during WWII.

GI leans against sign at junction of Ledo Road and the Burma Road, during WWII. See variation of this image here.

GIs hanging out during a trip on the Burma Road during WWII.

American GIs stop along the Burma Road on a cool day during WWII.

Rest break on the Burma Road, possibly to gawk at a crash or some curiosity. During WWII.

American and Chinese soldiers--drivers of the first truck convoy to China in almost three years smile happily as they reach the China border at Wanting. The dusty, begrimed drivers took turns with their Allies in driving over the 1,004-mile route form Ledo, India, to Kunming, China. During WWII. (OWI-PW staff photo by Sgt. John Gutman)

Pvt. Thomas J. Gardner, Georgetown, Ky., road patrol operator of the Burma Road Engineers, grades part of the road west of the Salween River. Burma, 10/1/1944. During WWII in the CBI. Signal Corps Photo by Tec 5 C.L. Kocourek.

September 29, 1944, Burma Road Engineer's road grader working on the Burma Road and Chinese civilians look on. During WWII in China. Photo by T/Sgt., S. L. Greenberg

Group of US generals and Chinese officials gathered at Burma Road opening celebration in Kunming, China, on February 4, 1945. Official dignitaries at the ceremony included, on the Chinese side, such figures as General Lung Yun, Governor of Yunnan Province, Gen. Wang Yu-cho, General Ho Ying-Chin, and Commissioner Miao Yun-tai. On the American side was Major General Gilbert Xavier Cheves...

A Chinese temple on the Burma Road during WWII.