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[AVG servicemen relaxing in open air building]
Photograph of AVG (American Volunteer Group) servicemen relaxing in an open air building, Toungoo, Burma, circa August 1941. Inscription in margin: "Tongoo [Toungoo], Burma, Aug. 41."
[Thomas A. Jones using bulldozer to fill bomb craters at Mingaladon Airport]
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."
[General Claire Lee Chennault and AVG servicemen studying map]
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."
[Curtiss P-40 Warhawk aircraft of 1st Pursuit Squadron]
Photograph of a group of Curtiss P-40 Warhawk aircraft of the 1st Pursuit Squadron, American Volunteer Group, parked at an airfield in Rangoon, Burma, circa 1941-1942. The aircraft are painted with the AVG's "shark face" nose art. Inscription on verso: "Rangoo [sic]. Tomahawk. 1st Squadron. #21."
[AVG servicemen looking over wreckage of crashed Nakajima Ki-27 Nate]
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.
[AVG servicemen standing in front of sign at railroad station in Pegu, Burma]
Photograph of AVG (American Volunteer Group) servicemen standing in front of a sign at a railroad station in Pegu, Burma, circa 1941-1942. The sign reads: "Pegu Junction, Rangoon - Mandalay, Martaban Line for Moulmein-Ye, Kayan Thongwa Branch."
[Robert H. Neale and other AVG servicemen relaxing in building]
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?"
[AVG serviceman walking near group of Curtiss P-40 Warhawk aircraft]
Photograph of an unidentified AVG (American Volunteer Group) serviceman walking near a group of Curtiss P-40 Warhawk aircraft, Toungoo, Burma, circa 1941-1942. The aircraft are painted with the AVG's "shark face" nose art. Inscription on verso: "Tongoo [Toungoo]."
[AVG servicemen looking over wreckage of crashed Nakajima Ki-27 Nate]
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…