Cheves

Maj. Gen. G. X. Cheves presenting the Air Medal to Pvt. Carroll E. Seiple for Meritorious Service as a member of an air dropping crew that helped supply American, British, Indian, and Chinese troops in Burma and China. Pvt. Seiple wa sa patient in the 95th Station Hospital when he received the medal. Kunming, Yunnan Province on December 13, 1944...

Maj. Gen. G. X. Cheves, C/G of SOS in China makes speech to personnel of the 95th Station Hospital at APO 627. Kunming, Yunnan Province on December 13, 1944. Photo by Pvt. S. Israel. Passed by censor William E. Whitten.

Maj. Gen. G. X. Cheves, C/G of SOS in China inspecting personnel of the 95th Station Hospital at APO 627. Kunming, Yunnan Province on December 13, 1944. Photo by Pvt. S. Israel. Passed by censor William E. Whitten.

Burials of 1st Lt. John B. Leskie (middle initial corrected, for "Benard"), Flight Officer John G. Meuth, 2nd Lt. Lawrence A. Swanson, S/Sgt. Edward Lietener, Sgt. David H. Randolph. All men were members of the 322nd Troop Carrier Squadron. Maj. Gen. Wedemeyer and Maj. Gen. G. X. Cheves were present at the funeral ceremony. Their unarmed transport plane crashed--in some...

Burma Road dedication ceremony in Kunming, China, on February 4, 1945, during WWII. Review of first convoy (or one of the first convoys) to reach China. General view of the stage and reviewing party, with American and Chinese dignitaries, soldiers, and civilian VIPs. An American band plays, and an honor lines on both sides of the center carpet stand in...

Burma Road dedication ceremony in Kunming, China, on February 4, 1945, during WWII. Review of first convoy (or one of the first convoys) to reach China. General view of the stage and reviewing party, with American and Chinese dignitaries, soldiers, and civilian VIPs. An American band plays, and an honor lines on both sides of the center carpet stand in...

Burma Road dedication ceremony in Kunming, China, on February 4, 1945, during WWII. Review of first convoy (or one of the first convoys) to reach China. General view of the stage and reviewing party, with American and Chinese dignitaries, soldiers, and civilian VIPs. An American band plays, and an honor lines on both sides of the center carpet stand in...

General Joseph W. Stilwell chats with men at port at Calcutta. July 30, 1944. Left to right: Brig. Gen. G. X. Cheves, Gen. Stilwell, S/Sgt. Julius Miller, Cpl. John Carvone, and Cpl. Peter Cecora. Photo by Pfc. Louis W. Raczkowski.

Group of US generals and Chinese officials gathered at Burma Road opening celebration in Kunming, China, on February 4, 1945. Official dignitaries at the ceremony included, on the Chinese side, such figures as General Lung Yun, Governor of Yunnan Province, Gen. Wang Yu-cho, General Ho Ying-Chin, and Commissioner Miao Yun-tai. On the American side was Major General Gilbert Xavier Cheves...

Burma Road dedication ceremony in Kunming, China, on February 4, 1945, during WWII. Review of first convoy (or one of the first convoys) to reach China. General view of the stage and reviewing party, with American and Chinese dignitaries, soldiers, and civilian VIPs. An American band plays, and an honor lines on both sides of the center carpet stand in...