[Merchant Marines and Navy servicemen after their liberation from Shamshuipo internment camp]

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Title

[Merchant Marines and Navy servicemen after their liberation from Shamshuipo internment camp]

Description

Photographic group portrait of U.S. Merchant Marines and U.S. Navy servicemen after their liberation from the Shamshuipo internment camp, Kunming Air Base, China, circa 1940s. The tail of a Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft (tail number 315854) is visible behind them.

Typed on verso: "Hqs. Tenth Air Force, China Theater--Merchant Marine and Navy men recently liberated from Shamshuipo camp, Kowloon, China, pose before the Tenth Air Force in which they travelled, upon arrival at Kunming Air Base."

Stamped on verso: "Passed for publication. U.S. Army Press Censor."

Date

1940s circa

Bibliographic Citation

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

Identifier

1991-07-17A_image_062_01
1991-07-17A_image_062_02