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1944

Maj. Gen. G. X. Cheves, C/G of SOS in China makes speech to personnel of the 95th Station Hospital at APO 627. Kunming, Yunnan Province on December 13, 1944. Photo by Pvt. S. Israel. Passed by censor William E. Whitten.
Pre-Christmas scene at the SOS (Service of Supply) PX at APO 627. Cpl Harold L. Graff, Cpl. Ben L. Rohleder, 1st Lt. Frances J. Vesset, and Anna Wong. December 15, 1944. Photo by Pfc. Thomas F. Melvin. Passed by censor Emanuel Goldberg.
Maj. Gen. A. C. Wedemeyer and Col. Seedlock of the B. R. E. discussing the present situation. Yunnan Province on December 18, 1944. Photo by T/Sgt. S. L. Greenberg. Passed by censor William E. Whitten.
Maj. Gen. G. X. Cheves, C/G of SOS in China inspecting personnel of the 95th Station Hospital at APO 627. Kunming, Yunnan Province on December 13, 1944. Photo by Pvt. S. Israel. Passed by censor William E. Whitten.
Burials of 1st Lt. John B. Leskie (middle initial corrected, for "Benard"), Flight Officer John G. Meuth, 2nd Lt. Lawrence A. Swanson, S/Sgt. Edward Lietener, Sgt. David H. Randolph. All men were members of the 322nd Troop Carrier Squadron. Maj. Gen. Wedemeyer and Maj. Gen. G. X. Cheves were present at the funeral ceremony. Their unarmed transport plane crashed--in some...
At the Tengchong cutoff: T/4 Lorne C. McEwen, a convoy driver, is seen being interviewed by Chinese war correspondent Mr. Fu Gang-bor, as fellow driver Sgt. G. N. Cumberland looks on. Yunnan Province on March 4, 1945. Photo by T/Sgt. Greenberg. Passed by William E. Whitten.
At the Tengchong cutoff: Convoy driver Sgt. Eric J. Neilson, driver of the SOS convoy that went over the Tengchung cut off of the Stilwell Road is shown looking at the pet monkey of a Chinese soldier. Yunnan Province on March 4, 1945. Photo by T/Sgt. Greenberg. Passed by William E. Whitten.
At the Tengchong cutoff: Convoy driver Pfc. John R. Floyd shows a kids a picture of his wife. Yunnan Province on March 4, 1945. Photo by T/Sgt. Greenberg. Passed by William E. Whitten.
At the Tengchong cutoff: Convoy driver S/Sgt. Michale P. Havery, is shown lighting up cigarette of a Chinese soldier. Yunnan Province on March 4, 1945. Photo by T/Sgt. Greenberg. Passed by William E. Whitten.
T/5 Theodore E. Eitel directs children in cleaning his Burma Road Engineers truck, after a day of hauling rock for the Kao Tien district of the Burma Road being built from Lungling, China, to meet the Ledo Road at the Burma border. Yunnan Province on December 1, 1944. Photo by T/Sgt. Greenberg. B-Detachment, 164th Signal Photographic Company, APO 627. Passed...