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A Mitchell B-25, tail number 444, flies away from a site just bombed in China or Indochina area.

A B-25 under maintenance in the CBI during WWII. Notice the canvas cover over the turret on the fuselage.

Chinese crew and American GIs aboard Chinese armored tank (possibly a soviet T-26b) pose for a photo. The vehicle was likely out on a large scale military exercise.

Chinese workers pulling a large roller at a base in Guangxi province (probably Liuzhou, but maybe Guilin), China. See related image. From the collection of combat photographer Eugene T. Wozniak, 491st Bomb Squadron.

Eugene Wozniak was a combat photographer who served in the CBI, as part of the 491st Bomb Squadron. He took many official photographs while in China, as part of his military responsibilities. At the same time, it seems that photographers were given some latitude in what they photographed, and he took many images of the environment around him and people...

An American GI being filmed in front of a P-51.

American GIs take pictures with oversized cameras in the CBI during WWII. From the collection of Hal Geer.

Leonard S. Jordan of the Chinese-American Composite Wing (CACW) hangs a sign indicating the "Photo Section," in both English and Chinese. 照相室，中美联合大队。

Robert Frederick Riese, shown here with flight jacket and 'blood chit' in China. A short biography by daughter Barbara: My father, Robert Frederick Riese, was born 19 October 1919 in York, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Robert A and Olga (Latterman) Riese. He married Cora Ilene Wilt on 1 November 1940. Dad was a devoted father to their three...

Mr. Harold 'Hal' Geer, combat photographer in the CBI, went on to spend a lifetime looking at the world through the medium of movies, television, and photography--his work in fact shaped the way many of us view the world today. Mr. Geer has graciously allowed us to scan many of his pictures from the CBI, and they are included on...