transport

A GI stands in front on a truck on a road in the CBI during WWII.

GIs in train from Bombay to Calcutta in 1944, talk to local men in India. Photo by Syd Greenberg.

Bridge under construction along the Burma or Ledo Road during WWII. US Army Signal Corps photo from Joseph L. Singleton.

An airdrop of rice supplies near the Salween River by 14th Air Force crew, from 7500 feet elevation. Twelve 100-lb bags are readied, then pushed out. Kicker on floor is Cpl. Albert A. Baneroft, and on the background Cpl. Milton Chapman, foreground is Pvt. Robert Minnis, and pushing out rice is T/Sgt. Clifford Spiegelbert.

GIs and heavily loaded mule train of the Mars Task Force wending through the hills in the CBI. U. S. Army Signal Corps photo.

A simple vehicle passes along a newly cut road in SW China during WWII. See alternate image.

First jeep crosses log bridge near the Burma border. U. S. Army photo.

Barge across Salween River in Burma during WWII. Photo by Syd Greenberg.

A "curvy" caution sign for GI drivers near Shingbwiyang, Burma, during WWII. Photo from Doug MacLeod.

GIs and trucks crossing the Brahmaputra in heavily crowded ferry--this trip probably courtesy of the 327th Harbor Craft Company. Photo from E. Pearon. In the CBI.