12th Air Service Group

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

Photo of Elmer Bukey taken in Calcutta, India, in early 1944. Elmer Bukey was a member of the 396th Air Service Squadron, 12th Air Service Group, in the CBI during WWII, and spent much time in southwestern China, including very nervous and difficult days during the retreat in front of the Japanese Ichigo campaign during summer and fall of 1944...

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

Honorable discharge record for M/Sgt. Elmer Bukey, for January 9, 1946.

"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.