ship/boat/barge

GIs line up to disembark ship on the way back to the US after the war. The ship is probably the SS Marine Raven.

GIson ship on the way back to the US after the war. The ship is probably the SS Marine Raven.

"Hong Kong Harbor, scene 1 &2, Large freighter, Just came across the harbor about 10' above the water firing B25H canon of nose guns, you can see where skip bombs hit close as I cleared over the mast (next) and you can see sailors running on the deck - the ship sink confirmed by photo-recon after the strike. Heavy flak...

Near miss on a Japanese freighter, with white-suited Japanese sailors scrambling about the deck. From an October 16, 1944, mission on Hong Kong, 491st Bomb Squadron. Click here for a detailed description of this mission.

Views from two different sides of a bridge, probably in Guangxi province, either Liuzhou or Guilin.

A view out over Dianchi Lake near Kunming, China, on a sunny day during WWII.

In this fascinating photo--a virtual Norman Rockwell still-life of wartime life in China--Chinese troops, American troops, and Chinese civilians cross the Xiao river (潇水) via ferry near Lingling, China, during WWII. In the background, on the east bank of the river, is the Huilong Pagoda (零陵回龙塔), which remarkably still survives today, and has been restored.

Retreating by ferry near Lingling in the face of the Japanese advance in the fall of 1944, crossing a river by ferry.

Shipping bombs and fuel by boat and hard human labor, near Lingling. During WWII. From the collection of Hal Geer.

A canal near Kunming, China, during WWII, with boats.