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GIs use a Kachin Baptist church at Bhamo during WWII in the CBI.

GIs gathered for a Protestant church service on deck of a ship (the Marine Raven) on the return voyage back to the US after the war. In the CBI during WWII.

General H. C. Davidson addresses Chinese and American troops at Wanting, China, along Burma Road. Image provided by Anthony J. Prombo. In the CBI during WWII.

Burning ghats at Calcutta during WWII.

Colonel Tex Hill addresses a crowd on June 29th, 1944, while Madam Chiang Kai-shek looks on.

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...

Religiously devoted men in India take part in self-flagellation and self-mutilation as a public performance of devotion to their gods. During WWII.

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...

American and Chinese VIPs cut tape on the Burma Road during WWII.

A burial at sea for PFC Clorala Willard (this name is correct, not name on photo), of the 308th Bomb Group, 425th Bomb Squadron, on March 2, 1943 on the way back to the US after serving in the CBI. In the CBI.