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[Staff Sergeant Alvin Mawson instructing Chinese Air Force students in instrument shop trailer] (Item)

Photograph of Staff Sergeant Alvin Mawson, U.S. Army Air Forces, instructing Chinese Air Force students in the instrument shop trailer, Shanghai Air Depot, China, circa 1940s.Typed on verso: "Headquarters Army Air Forces, Shanghai: S/Sgt. Alvin Mawson (center) of the AAF instructing students of the Chinese Air Force in the instrument shop trailer. (Official USAAF Photo)."Stamped on verso: "Made by…

[Corporal Robert R. Hix instructing Chinese Air Force students in aircraft electrical systems] (Item)

Photograph of Corporal Robert R. Hix, U.S. Army Air Forces, instructing Chinese Air Force students in aircraft electrical systems, Shanghai Air Depot, China, circa 1940s.Typed on verso: "Headquarters Army Air Forces, Shanghai: Corporal Robert R. Hix of the Shanghai Air Depot instructs a group of Chinese Air Force students in the electrical systems of aircraft. (Official USAAF Photo)."Stamped on…

[Women's Army Corps (WAC) servicewomen riding in military vehicles during V-J Day parade in Chongqing, China] (Item)

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…

[Staff Sergeant Clyde N. McKinney instructing Chinese Air Force students on line maintenance] (Item)

Photograph of Staff Sergeant Clyde N. McKinney, U.S. Army Air Forces, using a North American B-25 Mitchell aircraft to instruct Chinese Air Force students on line maintenance, Shanghai Air Depot, China, circa 1940s. Typed on verso: "Headquarters Army Air Forces, Shanghai: S/Sgt Clyde N. McKinney, AAF training instructor, teaches line maintenance to a crew of the 2nd Chinese Air Service Group at…

[Three servicemen discussing football strategies] (Item)

Photograph of three servicemen of the 14th Depot Repair Squadron, U.S. Army Air Forces, discussing football strategies for an upcoming game against the 513th Troop Carrier Group, China, circa 1940s. The men are identified in the caption as (from left to right) Corporal Cheldon 'Bazooka' Roach, Private Dave "Big Wheel" Miller, and Private Al "Shorty" Reichbach.Typed on verso: "Discussing their…

[Corporal Cheldon 'Bazooka' Roach running with football] (Item)

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 pound halfback for the 14th Depot Repair Squadron of the Shanghai Air Depot shows the form that has proved effective in defeating three Navy teams in…

[Cemetery for Allied prisoners of war] (Item)

Photograph of a cemetery for Allied prisoners of war who perished in Japanese-controlled internment camps, Mukden (present day Shenyang), China, circa 1945-1946. Several servicemen pay their respects at the gravesites.Typed on verso: "Hqs. Tenth Air Force, China -- Beneath these white crosses are Allied prisoners of war in a Mukden, Manchuria war cemetery. Many of the prisoners in Jap prison camps…

[Servicemen working in control tower] (Item)

Photograph of four AACS (Army Airways Communications Service) servicemen working in a control tower, China, circa 1940s. One serviceman operates a light gun while another uses a radio-telephone.Typed caption on verso: "Here is a group of AACS men at work in the interior of a typical China tower. The GI on the extreme right is operating a 'light gun' and the GI second from left is speaking on the…

[Corporal Robert L. Gabig assessing muddy terrain at Kiangwan Airfield] (Item)

Photograph of Corporal Robert L. Gabig, U.S. Army Air Forces, assessing muddy terrain at Kiangwan Airfield, China, circa 1940s.Typed on verso: "Corporal Robert L. Gabig of the U. S. Army Air Forces surveys the quagmire that leads to Base Headquarters at Kiangwan Airfield and wonders whether to back up or splash on ahead. Jap-built roads at the airfield have disintegrated into mud wallows under the…

[Corporal John E. Tobolski rescuing Red Cross secretary Valerie Borodin from jeep stuck in mud] (Item)

Photograph of Corporal John E. Tobolski, U.S. Army Air Forces, rescuing Red Cross secretary Valerie Borodin from a jeep stuck in the mud, Kiangwan Airfield, China, circa 1940s.Typed on verso: "Chivalry is not dead among American GIs. Corporal John E. Tobolski, U. S. AAF, plows through the mud to rescue Miss Valerie Borodin, 181 Avenue Dubail, from a jeep bogged in a mud-hole at Kiangwan Airfield.…

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