396th Air Service Squadron

GIs at a base in China line up to go into a building.

"Heading For Our new Home --After Flying The Hump Into Kunming We Moved By Truck Convoy To Our New Home In Kwelin. This Is A Photo Of The Convoy Stopped For A Break Along The Way. For The Final Leg Of This Trip We Loaded Everything On Flat Cars And Finished The Trip To Kwelin By Rail. " Caption courtesy...

Transport by barge in China during WWII.

Building used for some kind of military offices in Guangxi, China, during WWII.

Crumbling remains of two very uniquely designed ceremonial tribute arches in China during WWII.

Chinese laborers pull a heavy concrete roller at an American base in China during WWII: "All the runways in China were made of crushed stone. They started the base with the larger stone and each layer that was added was of a smaller stone. The final layer of the runway surface was was made of finely crushed stone that was...

Chinese laborers pull a large concrete roller at an American base in Guangxi, China, during WWII.

"REAL BACKYARD MECHANICS --Autos and trucks were practically non existent in the civilian population in China.This pic show one of the trucks that did exist.Whenever one of the trucks broke down it was repaired on the spot by whatever means necessary. All the trucks were converted to charcoal burners because of the shortage of gasoline. On steep grades someone would...

"Autos and trucks were practically non extant in the civilian population in China.This pic show one of the trucks that did exist.Whenever one of the trucks broke down it was repaired on the spot by whatever means necessary. All the trucks were converted to charcoal burners because of the shortage of gasoline. On steep grades someone would run along side...

Chinese Soldiers massed and ready for convoy at Guilin just prior to evacuation of the American bases there in the face of the Japanese Ichigo campaign in late 1944.