[Armed servicemen standing guard outside Tenth Air Force compound near Kunming, China]

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Title

[Armed servicemen standing guard outside Tenth Air Force compound near Kunming, China]

Description

Photograph of armed servicemen standing guard outside a Tenth Air Force compound near Kunming, China, circa October 1945.

Typed on verso: "HQ., Tenth Air Force, China---The war was over/months ago, but these soldiers of the Tenth Air Force, caught in the middle of a conflict in Kunming, Oct. 3 were still pulling guard duty, carrying weapons and blacking out at night. Firing between the Chinese National Army and Yunnan Province troops took place right outside the Tenth Air Force compound, west of Kunming near the Stilwell Road. (Official Tenth Air Force Photo)."

Stamped on verso: "Passed for Publication. U.S. Army Press Censor. Emanuel Goldberg, [blank] Date. 61302. China Theater. U.S. Army Air Forces Photo."

Date

1945-10 circa

Bibliographic Citation

The William Orthman World War II Collection/The Museum of Flight

Identifier

1991-07-17A_image_031_01
1991-07-17A_image_031_02