1945

In 1945, Gurkha troops board of the 2nd Air Commando Group board a C-47 for transport from Palel, India, to Meiktila, Burma. As can be seen in the blow-up below, the famous Gurkha are extremely well equipped. Photo from Norm Collard.

USS George E. Squier (AP-130) transport ship on October 12, 1945, as GIs boarded it to return stateside. Photo from Wesley L. Furste. In the CBI during WWII.

A very western and modernly dressed woman in India in October 1945. Photo from Wesley L. Furste. In the CBI during WWII. Above in an image collected by the editors of Ex-CBI Roundup (usually through reader submission) over many years of publication, and provided to the Remembering Shared Honor project.

234th Station Hospital physical therapy nurses, and personnel tents in monsoon season, 1943-44. Chabua, India. Images provided by Michael J. O'Brien.

Chinese "General Hu Su Nan. commanding general, Hsian, China, + province, 1945." Photo from Vrana.

Sgt. Lewis, 12th Air Service Group, standing at a door labeled "Intra-China Air Freight" at Peishiyi, 1945.

"Taken on the Jamuna River, December 1944 or January 1945---Early morning. Taken from the control tower aft of the LCR (Landing Craft-River) being delivered to Tezpur. I recall where the other LCR were delivered. This whole trip too 32 days from Calcutta via Khulna, Goalondo, Guwahati--most of the time subsisting on K-Rations. T. E. Davis"

"Taken January 20, 1945 at Tezpur, India (my 20th Birthday). The guys in the picture were with an Army Engine Unit to whom we delivered two LCRs (Landing Craft-River) following a 32-day trip up river from Calcutta. I don't know any names. Help! Tom Davis"

Troops boarding a transport ship in Karachi to go home after the war, 1945. Image provided by Michael J. O'Brien. In the CBI during WWII.