396th Air Service Squadron

Elmer Bukey poses for a photo in front of a P-51 at Liangshan, China, during WWII.

"This is a picture of General 'Casey' Vincent's plane The Silver Slipper. The 396th prepared this plane for the General at Kwelin, China. Sgt. Joe Cooper of the 396th was crew chief of the plane. The two guys in the picture are Taylor on the left and Cooper on the right. Taylor was the radio operator on the plane."

A woman in China holds a freshly skinned piece of vital protein--a cat or dog or similar. During WWII.

A Chinese man standing in front a row of donkey carts smokes from a water pipe. In China during WWII.

"Here is a picture of Sgt. Miller and Sgt.Blumer's salvage vehicle at work picking up a P-51 that had to make a gear-up landing."

"These are some of the guys we went crying to to get some of the hard to get supplies; These were the 'Radar Riley's' of the 396th. Front: Cpl. G. Embry. Back: Sgt. Richard Hoffman, Warrant Officer Walter H. Nelson, Sgt. C.Y.Green. These guys and all the others in Tech Supply made our jobs a whole lot easier." Air Corps...

"The officer in the center is Lt. Sohl engineering officer of the 396th. The officer on the right is Capt. Weisburg a medical officer with the 396th. Unfortunately Lt.Sohl did not make it back to the states. He had his orders to return stateside and was awaiting transportation home when he was bitten by a rat and became very ill...

"This Is Lester Schmidt and "Doc"Kriewitz relaxing in 'Doc's' Instrument shop. Doc headed up this department." Luliang, China.

"This Is a picture of the (electric shop) shop area at Kwelin, China. The guys are Houser--Dowds--Harrison and an unknown Chinese man."

"This Is A View Of Our Salvage Area At Liangshan,China. The Goats In The Picture Were A Problem And Almost Got Ralph O'Connor Court Martialed."