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Outfitted with a garrison cap, a tiny pistol and cut-down GI pants, Saio Lau Hu (otherwise known as "Little Tiger Joe") works his little legs like pistons trying to keep up with his foster fathers, during WWII in China, fall 1944.
"Little Tiger Joe" stands inspection right along with his foster fathers, the 907th Engineers in the CBI (China) during WWII.
Bus for base transportation made of salvage parts by Chinese craftsmen, at 14th Air Force base. Left to right: Cpl. Donald H. Beck, Pfc Carl H. Gossett, Lt. Arthur T. Esposito, T/Sgt. James P. Shearman, T/5 Leroy E. Terry.
2nd Lt. Nicholas Marich (sometimes spelled Marick), killed along the members of two other air crews on January 12, 1943, when two B-25 Mitchell bombers were practicing formation flying during a training exercise, when they collided at Chakulia, India. He had previously been shot down on October 25, 1942, during a mission to Hong Kong and evaded capture, eventually making...
American GIs examine small Japanese fragmentation bomb in China on November 13th, 1942. 2nd Lt. Nicholas Marich (sometimes spelled Marick) and 2nd Lt. Joseph W. Cunningham returned to American bases after having spent three days behind Japanese lines evading capture after their B-25 bomber was shot down on October 25, 1942 about 25 miles north-west of Hong Kong, China. They...
(This item about Finley Howard Ganoe copied with appreciation from Gary Fields at http://www.geocities.com/heartland/acres/4783/hero.html in 2007, and originally written over 10 years before that. If anyone has additional images or information to provide regarding Mr. Ganoe, please contact Patrick Lucas at pat@rshonor.org) HOMETOWN HERO Finley Howard Ganoe March 8th, 1924 ~ January 12th, 1943 "The Department of War told me...
Chinese and American officers take a picture together in Nanjing (Nanking) at the time of the Japanese surrender there. Left to right, front: Col. Bauville, Maj. General Lucas, General C. J. Chow (Zhou Zhirou; 周至柔), Brig. General J. P. McConnell. In the CBI during WWII.
From: Public Relations Office Fourteenth Air Force Code 07041430/B Release On Rcpt Cleared Goldberg USFCT -FIRST PICTURES FROM REOCCUPIED LIUCHOW AREA- Valley of the Dead Fourteenth Air Force Headquarters, In China-- Here in the Valley of the Dead, southwest of Liuchow, fighters of the Fourteenth Air Force caught a cavalry column headed towards Liuchow. Japanese did not have time to...