1945

Jeanne Porche Morrisey, a flight nurse in India in 1945, posing with a snow leopard and unknown man. Photo by Mildred Miller Barsby, flight nurse of 803rd MAES at Chabua.

GIs on the term pose in a Chengdu baseball all-star game, July 4, 1945.

Flight nurses Lt. L. Evelyn Hill Page, and Lt. R. Joan Reece, of the 803rd Medical Air Evacuation Transport Squadron, unpack after arrival in Assam, India, February, 1945. In the CBI during WWII.

330th Troop Carrier, 9th CC encampment at Warazup, Burma, 1945. In the CBI during WWII.

A bit of gambling and drink in 7th Bomb Group, 492nd Bomber Squadron, in 1945. Photo from C. H. Serra.

1st Air Commando Group Officers Club, in Asansol, India, during WWII, February 17, 1945. The sketch above the door on the right is of Colonel Clinton B. Gaty who, after taking off from an air commando fighter squadron in India on February 26, 1945, was spotted circling near Bahlaing, Burma, but was afterwards never seen again--read a great bio for...

Burma Road dedication ceremony in Kunming, China, on February 4, 1945, during WWII. Review of first convoy (or one of the first convoys) to reach China. General view of the stage and reviewing party, with American and Chinese dignitaries, soldiers, and civilian VIPs. An American band plays, and an honor lines on both sides of the center carpet stand in...

Tail gunner S/Sgt. J. W. Robinson (Robbie), 444th Bombardment Group (originally of the 676th Bombardment Squadron), rides a 4000-lb destined for Japan in WWII, on June 7, 1945.

Enlisted men's service club bar at Warazup, Burma, 1945. 330th Troop Carrier. See alternative image here.

Appreciative American officers keep two ladies company (including Dorothy Yuen at center) at Hostel #10 Officer's Club, Kunming, 1945.