Shell torn Burmese Buddha at Bhamo, Burma, during WWII.

In 1945, Gurkha troops board of the 2nd Air Commando Group board a C-47 for transport from Palel, India, to Meiktila, Burma. As can be seen in the blow-up below, the famous Gurkha are extremely well equipped. Photo from Norm Collard.

Three men in northern China, near Tung-Poo Railway, Hepei (Hebei) province, China. "Tang Tze An, Wang Shiang (interpreter)." December 20, 1044. In the CBI during WWII.

Steam billows from two Japanese locomotives whose boilers have been exploded by strafing of 2nd Lt. William C. Sharp, a member of CACW. Near Suchow (Suzhou), China, during WWII. See other image of this train here. Image courtesy of Tony Strotman.

African-American serviceman putting the M-14 in the igniter of a M-76 500-pound incendiary bomb in China during WWII. 2nd AAF Combat Camera Detachment, APO #493.

A rickshaw puller in China resting. During WWII.

Elmer Bukey poses for a photo with some Chinese friends and a Thompson submachine gun, standing by a rice paddy, at Liangshan China, during WWII.