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1945

A headquarters sign at US India-Burma Theater Command center. New Delhi, India, 1945.
Aerial view of the Ledo-Burma Road, January 28, 1945. In the CBI. US Army Photo.
Burma Road sign at Hsipaw, Burma, during WWII. May 4, 1945. Photo from Anthony J. Vesich.
Bill Boselay stands next to a Ming Dynasty statue in the Palace Garden in Nanjing, 1945. Photo from Bill Boselay.
Train guard Frank A. Wypis with interpreter assistant between Madras and Calcutta in mid 1945. Photo from Frank A. Wypis.
Pulling truck and 155mm Howitzer through mud on Burma Road, February 15, 1945. US Army Photo. Image from Raimon B. Cary.
A parachute forms a backdrop in this Chapel in Kunming in 1945. Father Charles F. Meeus celebrates mass. The Father's pulpit is the cowling for the P-40K "Little Flower" flown by Ray Kaiser (25th FS). "Little Flower" was St Therese from Lisieux, France. (Thanks JBarbaud) Notice the corrugated metal making up the lower area of the alter, also likely parts...
The Mitsubishi transport aircraft that brought Japanese officers for surrender ceremonies at Zhijiang (Chihkiang), August 21, 1945. Photo from M. J. Hollman.
Major General H. C. Davidson, Commander of the 10th Air Force in India, addresses Chinese troops somewhere in Burma. January 28, 1945.
Convoy with Chinese troops in Salween Gorge, January 30, 1945. US Army Photo.