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Memorandum to Colonel C. T. Chien from Tye M. Lett Jr., Far East No. 2, Allison Engine Field Service Memorandum, September 26, 1941. Describes the starting procedure for the V-1710-C15 engine. Two typed pages, with handwritten notes on back of second…

Photograph of unidentified men moving a destroyed Brewster Buffalo I (339E, UK) aircraft, likely in Burma or China, circa 1941-1942.

Military code document for communications between the operations room and squadrons on unsecured channels, circa 1940s. One typed page.

Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen boarding a ship's tender as others watch from the deck, circa 1941-1942. Inscription on verso: "The American sailors going over the side headed for home. Lucky devils."

Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen walking past a line of Vought O2U-3 Corsair aircraft, possibly in Pensacola, Florida, circa 1930s-1940s. Inscription on verso: "Pensacola?"

Newsletter, "A.V.G. News," Volume 2, Number 4, December 11, 1941. Includes information about military actions in the China-Burma-India and Pacific Theaters. One typed page.

Photograph of Ole Olsen (center, in white suit and hat) and Chic Johnson (kneeling, far left) with a group of American servicemen, including Robert H. Neale of the American Volunteer Group (standing, far left), circa 1942. The photograph is signed by…

Photograph of people and horse-drawn carts in a field, likely in Burma or China, circa 1941-1942. Several Curtiss P-40 Warhawk aircraft are parked in the background.

Photograph of people gathered around an unidentified U.S. Army Air Forces aircraft, possibly in Burma, India, or China, circa 1940s.

Photograph of people looking at the burnt wreckage of a crashed aircraft, likely in Burma or China, circa 1941-1942.