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[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…
[Private J. V. Piazza instructing Chinese Air Force students on aircraft engine maintenance] (Item)
[Private J. V. Piazza instructing Chinese Air Force students on aircraft engine maintenance]
Photograph of Private J. V. Piazza (right, back to camera), U.S. Army Air Forces, instructing Chinese Air Force students on aircraft engine maintenance, Shanghai Air Depot, China, circa 1940sTyped on verso: "Headquarters Army Air Forces, Shanghai: Pfc J. V. Piazza (right) instructs Chinese Air Force students of the 2nd Chinese Air Service Group in aircraft engine maintenance at the Shanghai Air…
[Russian dancer performing for recently liberated Allied prisoners of war] (Item)
[Russian dancer performing for recently liberated Allied prisoners of war]
Photograph of a Russian dancer performing for a crowd of recently liberated Allied prisoners of war at an internment camp in Mukden (present day Shenyang), China, circa 1940s.Typed on verso: "Hqs. Tenth Air Force, China--When a Tenth Air Force mercy plane flew to Mukden, Manchuria, to evacuate Allied prisoners of war from Jap prison camps a photographer aboard the plane caught this photo of a…
[U.S. Army Air Forces servicemen playing basketball] (Item)
[U.S. Army Air Forces servicemen playing basketball]
Photograph of U.S. Army Air Forces servicemen of the 381st Air Service Group and 530th Fighter Squadron playing basketball, China, circa 1940s. The caption on verso identifies the man shooting the basketball as Chuck Harris of the 381st.Typed on verso: "Headquarters Army Air Forces, Shanghai: -- 'Chuck' Harris scores for the 381st Air Service Group in a warm up game for coming GI basketball…
[L'Ecole Franco-Chinoise teachers and Chinese Air Force servicemen at Kaingwan Airfield] (Item)
[L'Ecole Franco-Chinoise teachers and Chinese Air Force servicemen at Kaingwan Airfield]
Photographic group portrait of L'Ecole Franco-Chinoise teachers and Chinese Air Force servicemen posing in front of a Curtiss C-46 Commando aircraft at Kiangwan Airfield, China, circa 1940s. Some of the individuals are identified in the caption on verso.Typed on verso: "Army Air Forces Headquarters, Shanghai: -- On the stand near a C-46 transport at Kiangwan Airdrome, are teachers of L'Ecole…
[Staff Sergeant Joseph E. Dombrowski instructing Chinese Air Force students on how to use lathe] (Item)
[Staff Sergeant Joseph E. Dombrowski instructing Chinese Air Force students on how to use lathe]
Photograph of Staff Sergeant Joseph E. Dombrowski (third from left) instructing Chinese Air Force students on how to use a lathe, Shanghai Air Depot, China, circa 1940s. Major Lin Yu, executive officer of the 2nd Chinese Service Group, and Captain Edward J. Agin, U.S. Army Air Forces, observe on the left. Typed on verso: "Headquarters Army Air Forces, Shanghai: Major Lin Yu, (left) executive…
[Sergeant George V. Radcliffe instructing Chinese Air Force students in carpenter shop] (Item)
[Sergeant George V. Radcliffe instructing Chinese Air Force students in carpenter shop]
Photograph of Sergeant George V. Radcliffe (center, behind students) instructing Chinese Air Force students in the carpenter shop at the Shanghai Air Depot, China, circa 1940s. Captain P. J. Chang, Chinese Air Force, and Captain John C. Ryan, U.S. Army Air Forces, observe on the left. Typed on verso: "Headquarters Army Air Forces, Shanghai: Captain P. J. Chang (left) Commanding Officer,…
[Captain John C. Ryan observing as Staff Sergeant James Gorsielle instructs Chinese Air Force students in propeller shop] (Item)
[Captain John C. Ryan observing as Staff Sergeant James Gorsielle instructs Chinese Air Force students in propeller shop]
Photograph of Captain John C. Ryan (center), U.S. Army Air Forces, observing as Staff Sergeant James Gorsielle instructs Chinese Air Force students in the propeller shop, Shanghai Air Depot, China, circa 1940s. Typed on verso: "Headquarters Army Air Forces, Shanghai: Captain John C. Ryan, Engineering Officer, Shanghai Air Depot, observing the instruction given by S/Sgt. James Gorsielle to students…