Kriewitz

"We had many night-time visits from the Japanese and when that happened we headed for the caves around our hostel areas. This picture was taken from inside one of those caves overlooking the 396th hostel area. Needless to say this picture was not taken during an air raid but by someone that wanted to see what the area looked like...

"Here is a crew from the 396th doing some salvage work on the B-24 Miss Ginny.The two guys standing are Dowds on left and Kriewitz on the right. Sitting on plane far left are Rizzo and Gerdsen. On the far right are Mayfield and Blaske. Nothing went to waste in China."

Members of 396th Air Service Squadron with shaved heads during WWII. Back: Zabecki, Turner, Rizzo. Front: Bausueger, Kriewitz, Weidenbrenner. Elmer did not remember why they had shaved their heads. Photo from R. M. Kriewitz.

396th Air Service Squadron engineering area set up at a base in China during WWII: "This is where we went to work every morning in Liangshan China. These tents housed all our shop areas and tools. We performed a lot of work at this base mostly on P-51's and B-25's. We got along great until it rained and then we...

"This Is Lester Schmidt and "Doc"Kriewitz relaxing in 'Doc's' Instrument shop. Doc headed up this department." Luliang, China.

"This is a picture of Bob Houser and "Doc" R. M. Kriewitz using one of our modern shower facilities. 'Doc' (the one on the right) was one of the older guys in our outfit and he was always looked at as a father type figure. He was also the head of our instrument department and did a great job."