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"On the Hooghly River hauling water for troop ships. The barges were steel, assembled in Khulna by Army Engineers, towed to Calcutta by the 327th Harbor Craft Co. Barges were 110 feet long, 31 feet wide, with about 7 feet of free board light. Originally used to haul gasoline from Goalindo to Dacca by the 327th and the 326th. Left...

327th Harbor Craft Company Pictorial

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This is a set of text and images provided by Thomas E. Davis in 1983, and they can be viewed in order via the image panel below. These images were collected by the editors of Ex-CBI Roundup (through reader submission) over many years of publication, and provided to the Remembering Shared Honor project.

In the CBI during WWII. 

Here is text of letter from Mr. Davis attached to images:

"2/21/83

Mr. Harold 'Hal' Geer, combat photographer in the CBI, went on to spend a lifetime looking at the world through the medium of movies, television, and photography--his work in fact shaped the way many of us view the world today. Mr. Geer has graciously allowed us to scan many of his pictures from the CBI, and they are included on...
American air men who survived an air incident, with some of the Chinese men who took care of them on the ground. During WWII, in China. The plaque on the back is commemorating the construction of a local fortress ("青年堡垒").
The Liuzhou city (Guangxi province) railway station during the evacuation as the Japanese advanced on the city in the fall of 1944. Notice that the picture quality is high enough to read the advertisements, slogans, and messages, left on the wall behind the crowd. ​​​​​​​
Rigging a bridge with explosives at Liuzhou before the Japanese advance during Ichigo in the fall of 1944.
Men shoulder stretcher with injured or sick person in Guangxi, China, during WWII.
Men shoulder umbrella-covered stretcher with injured or sick person in Guangxi, China, during WWII.