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Photograph of AVG (American Volunteer Group) serviceman Thomas A. Jones using a bulldozer to fill bomb craters at Mingaladon Airport, Burma, circa 1941-1942.
Inscription on verso: "Rangoon. Mingladon [Mingaladon] Airport. Ambitious T. A. Jones - grounded for a week he finds other things to do - filling bomb craters."
Leave pass issued by the American Volunteer Group to Robert H. Neale, November 26, 1941. Authorizes Neale's leave to visit Rangoon, Burma.
In this six-part oral history, fighter ace John Richard Rossi discusses his military service with the American Volunteer Group during World War II. In part five, he discusses his wartime experiences with the AVG’s 1st Pursuit Squadron in the China-Burma-India Theater. He provides an overview of the group’s movements and missions, beginning with his arrival in Burma in November 1941 and concluding…
Photograph of General Claire Lee Chennault (kneeling, second from right) and AVG (American Volunteer Group) servicemen studying a map, Toungoo, Burma, circa 1941-1942.
Inscription on verso: "Getting the dope from Gen. Chennault, Toungoo."
Photograph of Robert H. Neale (far left) and other AVG (American Volunteer Group) servicemen relaxing in a building, Toungoo, Burma, circa 1941-1942.
Inscription on verso: "Toungoo. L-R: Neale, Little?, Kuykendahl?"
Photograph of AVG (American Volunteer Group) servicemen looking over the wreckage of a crashed Nakajima Ki-27 Nate (Abdul) (Type 97 Fighter) aircraft, Rangoon, Burma, circa 1941-1942. The emblem of the 77th Sentai is painted on the tail. The inscription identifies two of the men as J. Gilpin Bright and Henry Geselbracht and misidentifies the aircraft as a Zero.
Inscription on verso: "Rangoon - Jap…