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Thomas Clougherty and Leo Flanagan at Yangkai during WWII.

Thomas Clougherty in the CBI during WWII, probably at Yangkai.

Thomas Clougherty, Fred Campangna pose on a pathway at an American base in the CBI, likely in Yunnan.

Leo Flanagan, hostel house-boy, and Fred Campangna at Yangkai during WWII.

The American serviceman Palmer Dahl in the CBI.

The American serviceman S/Sgt. Laurell E. Julius (ASN 6937706), B-25 bomber mechanic & engineer/gunner in the CBI during WWII. S/Sgt. Julius (a corporal then) was assigned to 89th Reconnaissance Squadron (attached to 17th Bomb Group) and one the volunteers that were chosen to participate in the training for the April 1942 bombing mission on Tokyo in reprisal for the attack...

An American serviceman named "Jeff" in the CBI during WWII.

American servicemen in the CBI, posing together (with their dog "Clarance") in their barracks at an base, possibly Yangkai. Back (left to right): John Johnson, Francis E. Strotman, Joseph Siana; Front: Jacob L. Rosencrantz, unknown.

An American serviceman poses for the camera in the CBI during WWII.

First Lt. Richard P. Kendall, pilot, leans out window of a 491st Bomb Squadron's B-25D aircraft in a revetment at Yang Chiseh Airfield, Yangkai, Yunnan Province, China. This plane has been modified with the twin .50 caliber machine gun side packs on lower fuselage side. Another would be on the opposite, starboard, side of the plane.