1944

Sea sweep air mission map for May 1944, showing locations near or in China where attacks were made on Japanese by U. S. aircraft.

Sea sweep air mission map for October 1944, showing locations near or in China where attacks were made on Japanese by U. S. aircraft. From the U.S. Government sources.

APO 627. The final mangling process. Number and Four Boys, assisted by an un-named girlfriend, iron wrinkles into and out of the clothes. The Number One Boy (he with the topee) smiles encouragement to his crew. From the U.S. Government sources.

Repairing an aluminum wing, 97th Repair Squadron, fabric shop on July 30, 1944. Cpl. Henry E. Rich, 37211328 works on the outside of the wing. The name of the man working inside the wing, with only legs sticking out, is apparently lost to history. At APO 493 (India?) From the U.S. Government sources.

At an advanced air base, China--Chinese and American fighter pilots of the Fourteenth Air Force's hard-hitting China-American Composite Wing (CACW) fly wing-tip to wing-tip in China where they are daily coordinating their efforts with Chinese ground troops to drive the Japanese out of China. Here, just before setting out on a strafing mission, Captain William J. Johnson, Jr., explains a...

FLYING TIGERS IN HOSPITAL EVACUATION Chinese workers help service a C-64, loading fuel by hand crank, on August 1, 1944, somewhere in the China. The plane tail number is 35301. See related image. From the U.S. Government sources.

A building on fire at an American base, China, during WWII. Most likely during the retreat in the face of Ichigo in 1944.

Homeward bound...through open door (which has been removed to facilitate unloading cargo on air dropping mission over front lines) crew look on mountainous terrain and rice paddies enroute to base at Yunnanyi, China. Photo by T/4 Clayton, 21 June 1944

Luichow (Liuzhou) station, China-- Enroute with Kweilin (Guilin) evacuation party. Chinese use any mens of transportation to evacuate the area. 2 July 1944. Photo: H. P. Mcadams

Machine gun class of the Chinese Infantry non com training school at Dutan, China. The first and third guns, beginning from the foreground, are Belgian Brownings, the rest are Chezck Bren guns. Chang Tson-ta and Chung Fo are the instructors in this line. China. 18 May 1944