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The “Remembering Shared Honor” (RSH) project sets out to collect and preserve oral histories related to Chinese and American cooperation during the Second World War in the China-Burma-India(CBI) theater of war.
This historical archive has a total of 7,074 entries.
Douglas Runk (center) and two other GIs at an American tent camp on Burma Road in the Xiaguan/Dali area, near the outlet to Erhai Lake. During WWII. See overview of camp here.
A wooden boat and stone tower at Xiaguan Township (下关), in western Yunnan province, along the route of the Burma Road, and at the outlet of Erhai Lake (洱海). During WWII. See related image here.
A stone tower at Xiaguan Township (下关), in western Yunnan province, along the route of the Burma Road, and at the outlet of Erhai Lake (洱海). During WWII. See related image here.
Douglas Runk (right) and another GI at an American tent camp on Burma Road in the Xiaguan/Dali area, near the outlet to Erhai Lake. During WWII. See overview of camp here.
Douglas Runk (right) and another GI at an American tent camp on Burma Road in the Xiaguan/Dali area, near the outlet to Erhai Lake. During WWII. See overview of camp here.
Aerial view looking south over Erhai Lake (洱海) in Yunnan, during WWII. The town of Dali (大理), familiar to so many drivers on the Burma Road, is on the far end, in the distant haze.