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[Three servicemen discussing football strategies] (Item)
[Three servicemen discussing football strategies]
Photograph of three servicemen of the 14th Depot Repair Squadron, U.S. Army Air Forces, discussing football strategies for an upcoming game against the 513th Troop Carrier Group, China, circa 1940s. The men are identified in the caption as (from left to right) Corporal Cheldon 'Bazooka' Roach, Private Dave "Big Wheel" Miller, and Private Al "Shorty" Reichbach.Typed on verso: "Discussing their…
[Corporal Cheldon 'Bazooka' Roach running with football] (Item)
[Corporal Cheldon 'Bazooka' Roach running with football]
Photograph of Corporal Cheldon 'Bazooka' Roach of the 14th Depot Repair Squadron, U.S. Army Air Forces, running with a football, China, circa 1940s.Typed on verso: "14th Repair's Halfback in Action. (picture) Cpl. Cheldon 'Bazooka' Roach, speedy 192 pound halfback for the 14th Depot Repair Squadron of the Shanghai Air Depot shows the form that has proved effective in defeating three Navy teams in…
[Cemetery for Allied prisoners of war] (Item)
[Cemetery for Allied prisoners of war]
Photograph of a cemetery for Allied prisoners of war who perished in Japanese-controlled internment camps, Mukden (present day Shenyang), China, circa 1945-1946. Several servicemen pay their respects at the gravesites.Typed on verso: "Hqs. Tenth Air Force, China -- Beneath these white crosses are Allied prisoners of war in a Mukden, Manchuria war cemetery. Many of the prisoners in Jap prison camps…
[Servicemen working in control tower] (Item)
[Servicemen working in control tower]
Photograph of four AACS (Army Airways Communications Service) servicemen working in a control tower, China, circa 1940s. One serviceman operates a light gun while another uses a radio-telephone.Typed caption on verso: "Here is a group of AACS men at work in the interior of a typical China tower. The GI on the extreme right is operating a 'light gun' and the GI second from left is speaking on the…
[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…
[Servicemen sitting in room covered with pinup posters] (Item)
[Servicemen sitting in room covered with pinup posters]
Photograph of two U.S. Army Air Forces servicemen sitting in the Adjutant General's Radio Message Center at Tenth Air Force Headquarters, Kunming, China, circa 1940s. The walls are covered with pinup posters of women.Typed on verso: "Hqs. Tenth Air Force, China -- Hands down winner as the 'most pinned-up staff room' at Tenth Air Force Headquarters, Kunming, is the Adjutant General's Radio Message…
[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…