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[Child and Women's Army Corps (WAC) servicewoman in front of Calcutta Jain Temple]
Photograph of a child and a Women's Army Corps (WAC) servicewoman in front of the Calcutta Jain Temple in Kolkata, India, circa 1940s.Stamped on verso: "7th Photo Tech Sq. Made by U.S. Army Air Forces. Watch Your Credit."

[Children gathered around military jeep]
Photograph of children gathered around a military jeep, China-Burma-India Theater, circa 1940s.Inscription on verso: "Scenes from a jeep. Lt. Stricklund fiddles with his camera to keep the crowd interested while I sneak around to snap a picture - but…

[Chinese officer in rickshaw]
Photograph of a Chinese officer in a rickshaw, China-Burma-India Theater, circa 1940s.Inscription on verso: "Chinese officer in rickshaw - Knowing I wanted a picture of him, he obligingly had the rickshaw boy turn him around to face the sun."

[Chinese servicemen boarding Douglas C-47 Skytrain]
Photograph of Chinese servicemen boarding a U.S. Army Air Forces Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft (tail number 316171) at an unidentified airfield, circa 1945. Conflicting information on verso gives the location as China or Burma. Typed on verso: "Hqs.…

[Chinese servicemen raising their hats next to Douglas C-47 Skytrain]
Photograph of Chinese servicemen raising their hats next to a U.S. Army Air Forces Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft, circa 1940s.

[Chinese servicemen seated in unidentified aircraft]
Photograph of Chinese servicemen seated in an unidentified aircraft, circa 1940s."Stamped on verso: "[faded U.S. Army Air Forces stamp]."

[Chinese soldiers inspecting machine gun]
Photograph of a group of Chinese soldiers inspecting a machine gun, China, circa 1940s.Stamped on verso: "Army Air Force Photo. 10th Combat Camera Unit."

[Colonel Henry G. Thorne Jr.]
Photographic portrait of Colonel Henry G. Thorne Jr., U.S. Army Air Forces, July 5, 1944.Caption: "430th AAFRTU, (7-5-44) (Col. Thorne, Henry G. Jr., Comm. Officer.)"

[Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft in flight]
Photograph of six U.S. Army Air Forces Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft in flight, possibly in the China-Burma-India Theater, circa 1940s.

[Corporal Cheldon 'Bazooka' Roach running with football]
Photograph of Corporal Cheldon 'Bazooka' Roach of the 14th Depot Repair Squadron, U.S. Army Air Forces, running with a football, China, circa 1940s.Typed on verso: "14th Repair's Halfback in Action. (picture) Cpl. Cheldon 'Bazooka' Roach, speedy 192…
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