1946

' An image from the Walter S. Polchlopek collection--Citation of Honor for Walter S. Polchlopek, who was lost on May 20, 1944, over the sea near the south east coast of China, after a B-24 mission to strike Japanese shipping. See more about Walter S. Polchlopek here, and about the loss of the whole crew here. --------------Do have more information...

' Walter S. Polchlopek, Corporal, was lost on May 20, 1944, over the sea near the south east coast of China, after a B-24 mission to strike Japanese shipping. Above is a newspaper report in the Lowell Sun, from March 5, 1946, regarding this loss. See more about Walter S. Polchlopek here, and about the loss of the whole crew...

An image from the Walter S. Polchlopek collection--Purple Heart notification for Walter S. Polchlopek, who was lost on May 20, 1944, over the sea near the south east coast of China, after a B-24 mission to strike Japanese shipping.

Record of remains recovery for James C. Vurgaropulos, who died during a mission in 1944 in China.

Hot Rock Kappy with helmet and oxygen mask in front of a B-29 at Grand Island, Nebraska, January 1946. 716th Bombardment Squadron, 449th Bombardment Group.

Marine Raven on way home from CBI in 1946. Photo from Ben Esaia.

Portraits of world leaders in Mukden (now Shenyang), in NE China, April 1946. "Several planes arrived on second day." McKenzie

Donald James Coolidge, US Army Corps Of Engineers, spent the whole period of April 1943 to March 1946 as a "white" lieutenant with several different US Army Corps Engineer regiments, and was in Burma November 1944 to March 1946. He worked with African-American soldiers, and notes with emphasis that "My service with them was fascinating and I learned that all...

General Wiedemeyer At Kiangwan Airport, Shanghai, in early 1946. Photo from James C. Helberg.

In Hong Kong on Jan. 16, 1946, Liberty-bound sailor of the United States Fleet head for liberty landing in downtown Victoria, Hong Kong. Those who had been to Shanghai or North China found a pleasant change in Hong Kong's modern amenities. In the CBI. U. S. Navy official photo.