396th Air Service Squadron

P-51s in snow at the American base at Luliang in China during WWII.

"The Adopted One--This Is A Group Of The 396th Guys Having Their Picture Taken With A Small Chinese Boy That We Adopted As A Mascot. " Caption courtesy of Elmer Bukey.

A GI stands in a doorway of a building in China during WWII.

Burned American fighter, a P-51 or P-40, in Guangxi, China.

"Always The Clown--This is Jose Martinez getting a ride from a couple Chinese in their sedan chair." Caption courtesy of Elmer Bukey.

Some American aircraft mechanics and engineers of the Eng. Dept. of the 396th Air Service Squadron at Ankang, China, on September 13, 1945, during WWII, posing as a group before the partial shell on a C-47 cargo plane that is being used for parts: Top row: Gerdsen, Knecht, Jones, Bowen, Galpen, Szapella, Prock, Mehlenbacher Center row: Orona, N. Hoffman, Speer...