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Photograph of a U.S. Army serviceman holding up a Republic of China flag while a crowd celebrates the surrender of Japan, Chongqing, China, circa 1945.Typed on verso: "Chungking residents fill the streets of the wartime capital of China to express their pleasure on hearing the news of the Japanese surrender offer. This United States Army captain is greeted with shouts of joy from the crowd as he…
Photograph of Women's Army Corps (WAC) servicewomen riding in military vehicles during a V-J Day parade in Chongqing, China, August 1945.Typed on verso: "WACs assigned to Lt. General George E. Stratemeter's Army Air Force Headquarters for the China Theater ride through the streets of Chungking during the V-J Day Parade. Thousands of residents of China's wartime captial [capital] turned out for the…
Photograph of Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Mei-ling (Madame Chiang Kai-Shek) greeting Staff Sergeant Betty L. Hanson, Women's Army Corps (WAC), during a gathering at their summer home in Chongqing, China, circa 1940s.Typed on verse: "Hq. Army Air Forces, China Theater -- S/Sgt. Betty L. Hanson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hanson, [address in Venice, California], received one of the big thrills of…
Photograph of Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Mei-ling (Madame Chiang Kai-Shek) greeting Technical Sergeant Mary A. Higgins, Women's Army Corps (WAC), during a gathering at their summer home in Chongqing, China, circa 1940s.Typed on verso: "Hq. Army Air Forces, China Theater -- T/Sgt. Mary A. Higgins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Higgins, [address in Brooklyn, New York], received one of the big…