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[AVG serviceman watching leopard climb into truck bed] (Item)
[AVG serviceman watching leopard climb into truck bed]
Photograph of an unidentified AVG (American Volunteer Group) serviceman watching a leopard climb into a truck bed, likely in Burma or China, circa 1941-1942.
[AVG serviceman kneeling next to leashed leopard] (Item)
[AVG serviceman kneeling next to leashed leopard]
Photograph of an unidentified AVG (American Volunteer Group) serviceman kneeling next to a leashed leopard, likely in Burma or China, circa 1941-1942.
[Servicemen stenciling "SHAD" (Shanghai Air Depot) onto bumper of military jeep] (Item)
[Servicemen stenciling "SHAD" (Shanghai Air Depot) onto bumper of military jeep]
Photograph of two servicemen stenciling "SHAD" (Shanghai Air Depot) onto the bumper of a military jeep, China, circa 1940s. Inscription on verso: "'SHAD' - Means this jeep belongs to Shanghai Air Dept. [Chinese characters]."
[Serviceman using forklift to load jeep onto aircraft] (Item)
[Serviceman using forklift to load jeep onto aircraft]
Photograph of a serviceman using a forklift to load a jeep onto an aircraft, likely in the China-Burma-India Theater, circa 1940s.Stamped on verso: "Official Photograph. U.S. Army Air Corps."
[Lieutenant Runkle and Lieutenant Long talking with unidentified child] (Item)
[Lieutenant Runkle and Lieutenant Long talking with unidentified child]
Photograph of Lieutenant Runkle and Lieutenant Long, U.S. Army Air Forces, talking with an unidentified child, China-Burma-India Theater, circa 1940s. The inscription on verso notes that the servicemen are trying to trade chewing gum for the child's cigarette.Inscription on verso: "Lt. Runkle and Lt. Long offer to trade Sonny Boy a stick of chewing gum for the cigarette intended for Mama - but…
[Corporal Robert L. Gabig assessing muddy terrain at Kiangwan Airfield] (Item)
[Corporal Robert L. Gabig assessing muddy terrain at Kiangwan Airfield]
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)
[Corporal John E. Tobolski rescuing Red Cross secretary Valerie Borodin from jeep stuck in mud]
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.…
[A. S. Novokshanoff driving military truck through rugged "washboard" section of SHAD Drivers' School Course] (Item)
[A. S. Novokshanoff driving military truck through rugged "washboard" section of SHAD Drivers' School Course]
Photograph of student driver A. S. Novokshanoff driving a military truck through the rugged "washboard" section of the SHAD Drivers' School Course, Shanghai Air Depot, China, circa 1940s.Typed on verso: "Shown above on the 'Washboard' section of the SHAD Drivers' School Course is a student, Mr. A. S. Novokshanoff, of Shanghai Air Depot in a 2 1/2 ton Army truck. This is one of the many difficult…
[Military policemen inspecting travel documents for outgoing truck] (Item)
[Military policemen inspecting travel documents for outgoing truck]
Photograph of Military Policeman Allen F. Kettering and Auxiliary Military Policeman J. V. Savine inspecting the travel documents for outgoing truck at Shanghai Air Depot, China, circa 1940s.Typed on verso: "Pictured above inspecting the trip ticket of an outgoing Army truck from Shanghai Air Depot are, Military Policeman Allen F. Kettering and Auxiliary Military Policeman J. V. Savine. Working in…