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Newly-minted Medal of Valor recipients in India, 1945.

Medal presentation ceremony with B-24/F-7 flyover on February 17, 1945, in Gushkara, India.

Stan Mamlock receives commendation while in China.

Major Gen. Charles B. Stone salutes during an award ceremony during a visit to Yangkai on the August 29, 1945. A photographer stands on the far right. Yangkai, APO 212, during WWII.

Award ceremony with Major Gen. Charles B. Stone during a visit to Yangkai on the August 29, 1945. Yangkai, APO 212, during WWII.

Maj. Gen. G. X. Cheves presenting the Air Medal to Pvt. Carroll E. Seiple for Meritorious Service as a member of an air dropping crew that helped supply American, British, Indian, and Chinese troops in Burma and China. Pvt. Seiple wa sa patient in the 95th Station Hospital when he received the medal. Kunming, Yunnan Province on December 13, 1944...

Lt. Colonel William D. Hopson Of Little Rock, Arkansas, Squadron Commander In A Heavy Bomber Group Of The "Flying Tigers", Receives The Distinguished Flying Cross From Major General Charles B. Stone At A 14Th Air Force Base In China. 19 September 1945.

Posthumous promotion to Sergeant 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.

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.

A letter to the family of Lt. James C. Vurgaropulos, who died during a mission in 1944 in China, regarding his awards and commendations. See more about James C. Vurgaropulos here.