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[Merchant Marines and Navy servicemen after their liberation from Shamshuipo internment camp]
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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,…
Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen in a Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft en route to Tokyo, Japan, circa 1945-1952. Handwritten captions identify the men by first name or nickname.Inscription: "Packo - Pignatro - Harder - Graff - Wilson - Conrody. 8000 ft."Inscription on verso: "Crew on way to Tokyo at 8000ft."
Photograph of ambulances parked near a Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft at a South Pacific airfield, 1942-1945.Typed caption glued to verso: "U.S. Health Haven in the Pacific. Wounded fighting men are transferred from American transport planes to ambulances at a landing field on a South Pacific island where the U.S. Navy maintains its Fleet Recreation Center. The men will be nursed back to health on…
Photograph of American servicemen in the cargo bay of a Lockheed C-130 Hercules aircraft, circa 1965. Caption on accompanying document: "59. C-130 cramped seating on the way home."