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Sgt. James F. Collier demonstrating clamp he just made for purpose of holding pipe together for welding. December 29, 1944. 1381st Engineer Petroleum Dist. Co. Photo by T/5 Thomas Richie.

We are excited that, after years of hoping to find some kin of Lt. Wallace, who lost his life saving his crew (see our previous story of regarding William H. Wallace here), one last effort in fall 2015 has allowed us to get to know his daughter, Judy Ikels, and she has been gracious to share with us much about...

43rd Fighter Squadron class 43C training at Randolph Field, Texas, around March, 1943. Irving DeGon is front row, fourth from the left.

GIs, possibly stateside, during WWII, possibly at at Camp Swift, Texas. Photograph developed in 1943 by Renfro's Photo Service.

Two GIs in combat gear, either in in China, or possibly at Camp Swift, Texas during training. During WWII. Curiously, the sign in the ground in front of them says "Dew Drop In."

HUANG Xiling and SUN Hong with James Vaughn's cousin Jim Brunson in Bronte, Texas, at a memorial marker, in 2002. This was part of our project visit to learn more of the story of James Vaughn and the impact of his loss. Photo by Patrick Lucas.

It’s a water buffalo, China’s beast of burden, which Ol Melvin Sisk, prominent former Gresham, Tex., Chamber of Commerce manager, is handling with expert care somewhere in China. It’s far from being a Texas longhorn, says Cpl Sisk, who should know, being a former fair and rodeo manager. Cpl. Sisk, son of Mr. & Mrs. J. W. Sisk, 707 College...

Three gentlemen, Ed Nelson (Bad Axe, Mich), Sgt. Norton G. Stubblefield (Dallas Texas), and 1st Lt. Charles J. Jantzen (Seattle, Washington) with the self-propelled battery cart they have built from spare parts and salvage.

Throughout the world the American soldiers' fondness for children has become well known and in China it is no exception. Scores of orphans have been adopted by men of the Major-General C. L. Chennault\'s Fourteenth Air Force. here Staff Sergeant Elwood Clark of 2922 Coleman Ave., Corpus Christi, Texas, is shown holding Marie Liu, 6-year old girl who was found...

We are very excited that, after years of hoping to find some kin of Lt. Wallace, who lost his life saving his crew, one last effort in fall 2015 has allowed us to get to know his daughter, Judy, and she has been gracious to share with us much about her biological father, whom she never met. She made a...