Ex-CBI Roundup

Ms. Leuba and charming friends, Elizabeth May and Ursid May, taken at Christmas 1944, or possible in January 1945. CASC. Photo provided by Dorothy Yuen Leuba. Among the images collected by the editors of Ex-CBI Roundup (through reader submission), and shared with the Remembering Shared Honor project, were a series of images provided by Dorothy Yuen Leuba. Because of her...

Among the images collected by the editors of Ex-CBI Roundup (through reader submission), and shared with the Remembering Shared Honor project, were a series of images provided by Dorothy Yuen Leuba (seen in image above, taken during her time in China during the war). Because of her travels over an extended time in China, her photos include a sprinkling of...

"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...

"My boat #327, an MTL (Motor Tour, Launch) of the 327th Harbor Craft Company. Diesel powered-single screw. Crewed by three men. Landing at Hastings Mill where we sometimes ate and enjoyed a movie at HQ 20th Bomber Command. We usually ate and slept aboard or ate at Budge-Budge, Hastings, Barrackpore, or other exotic ports of call. I think that is...

"Lynn, Great Falls, Montana, at the controls. Eugene Bowers, Deepwater, New Jersey, and Lou Smith, of Tennessee (left to right). Bowers used to do a back dive off the barge loaded with deck cargo, swim under the 110' barge and 40-plus foot catamaran, while we were underway, and catch a trailing lifeline with preserver attached. Hooghly River (Howrah bridge in...

"Taken on the Jamuna River, December 1944 or January 1945---Early morning. Taken from the control tower aft of the LCR (Landing Craft-River) being delivered to Tezpur. I recall where the other LCR were delivered. This whole trip too 32 days from Calcutta via Khulna, Goalondo, Guwahati--most of the time subsisting on K-Rations. T. E. Davis"

"Taken January 20, 1945 at Tezpur, India (my 20th Birthday). The guys in the picture were with an Army Engine Unit to whom we delivered two LCRs (Landing Craft-River) following a 32-day trip up river from Calcutta. I don't know any names. Help! Tom Davis"

234th Station Hospital: Monsoon rain & a day off in Chabua, India, in 1944. Images provided by Michael J. O'Brien. In the CBI during WWII.

GIs with gear and water for action, and GIs resting, encouraged by the sign "RELAX at the SACK." Images provided by Michael J. O'Brien. In the CBI during WWII.

Troops boarding a transport ship in Karachi to go home after the war, 1945. Image provided by Michael J. O'Brien. In the CBI during WWII.