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Photograph of an unidentified officer being greeted by military servicemen at an air base, likely in the China-Burma-India Theater, circa 1940s. A Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft and other transport aircraft are visible in the background.Stamped on verso: "Made by U.S. Army Air Forces. Watch Your Credit."
Photograph of an unidentified officer being greeted by military servicemen at an air base, likely in the China-Burma-India Theater, circa 1940s. A Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft and other transport aircraft are visible in the background.Stamped on verso: "Made by U.S. Army Air Forces. Watch Your Credit."
Photograph of students of Le Ecole St. Jean de Arc looking at a U.S. Army Air Forces Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft, Lunghwa Airdrome, China, circa 1940s. The aircraft's designation, "My Little Tike," is painted on the nose.Typed on verso: "From: Public Relations Office, Fourteenth Air Force. Code: 11020805, Release Upon Receipt, cleared Goldberg USF CT. Fourteenth Air Force Headquarters, Shanghai…
Photograph of Staff Sergeant Joseph Lopez refueling a Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft (nose number 3762) while Sergeant Tom Barr and other U.S. Army Air Forces servicemen look on, Kiangwan Airfield, China, circa 1940s.
Typed on verso: "Refueling planes at Kiangwan Air Base are the men of the Refueling Section of Shanghai Air Dept. Maintenance Section, US Army Air Forces. Here S/Sgt. Joseph Lopez…
Photograph of unidentified servicemen loading a horse onto a U.S. Army Air Forces Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft, likely in the China-Burma-India Theater, circa 1940s.
Stamped on verso: "Confidential."
[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 Chinese servicemen raising their hats next to a U.S. Army Air Forces Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft, circa 1940s.
Photograph of a group of servicemen loading a packhorse onto a U.S. Army Air Forces Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft, circa 1940s.
Stamped on verso: "Confidential."
Photograph of nose art painted on "Jimmy Doris," a U.S. Army Air Forces Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft, China-Burma-India Theater, circa 1940s. The nose art depicts the characters Li'l Abner and Daisy Mae from Al Capp's comic strip "Li'l Abner."
Typed on verso: "Headquarters Army Air Forces, Shanghai: 'Li'l Abner' and 'Daisy Mae', popular American comic strip characters originated by Al Capp,…
Photograph of a Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft landing at an airfield, circa 1940s.
Inscription on verso: "Natural [illegible]."