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[Servicemen shaking hands]
Photograph of two U.S. Army Air Forces servicemen, one in flight gear, shaking hands in front of a jeep, circa 1940s.
[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]
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]
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…
[Modified military jeep at Kiangwan Airfield]
Photograph of a modified military jeep at Kiangwan Airfield, China, circa 1940s.Typed on verso: "American GIs of the Shanghai Air Depot employ typical Yank ingenuity in turning an open jeep into an enclosed two-door sedan to escape the rain and splashing mud during the recent month-long rainy spell at Kiangwan Airfield. U.S. Army Air Force Aviation Engineers, who during the war acquired the nack…
[Modified military jeep driving through large puddle at Kiangwan Airfield]
Photograph of a modified military jeep driving through a large puddle at Kiangwan Airfield, China, circa 1940s.
[Base operations buildings at Chihkiang Airfield]
Photograph of the base operations buildings at Chihkiang Airfield in Huaihua, China, circa 1940s.
[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…
[Servicemen in jeep]
Photograph of U.S. Army Air Forces servicemen in a jeep, circa 1944-1945.Inscription on verso: "Lead crews going to briefing."
[Servicemen riding in military trucks]
Photograph of U.S. Army Air Forces servicemen riding in military trucks, circa 1944-1945.