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Funeral of 16th CCU cameraman Richard Dille “Dick” Arbogast in Kunming on June 2, 1944. The full crew died when their B-24 crashed into a mountain between Lingling and Kweilin in August of 1944. (It is possible most of the flag-draped boxes shown in the images here are from this same crash.) Sgt. Dick Arbogast, whom Hal Geer called "my...

Capt. Howard W. Pennebaker of the 16th Combat Camera Unit congratulation 2nd Lt. Harold E. Geer on direct commision from T/Sgt. to 2nd Lt. January 11, 1945, in the CBI. Image courtesy of Tony Strotman.

Burma Road dedication ceremony in Kunming, China, on February 4, 1945, during WWII. Review of first convoy (or one of the first convoys) to reach China. General view of the stage and reviewing party, with American and Chinese dignitaries, soldiers, and civilian VIPs. An American band plays, and an honor lines on both sides of the center carpet stand in...

T/Sgt. Harold "Hal" Geer, photographer and videographer, 16th Combat Camera Unit (CCU) examines masking on bomb icons on a B-25 of the 11th Bomb Squadron (indicated by the "Mr. Jiggs" insignia) readying for painting to indicate three more bombing missions. Taken at Ehr Tong Airfield, Guilin (Kweilin), Guangxi Province, southwest China during WWII, as photographed by Selig Seidler, 16th CCU.

Selig Seidler, "Typing a report to send to headquarters with film of last mission." Selig Seidler enlisted at Fort Jay, Governors Island, New York on August 18, 1942. He was a member of the 16th Combat Camera Unit in the CBI during WWII. He originally joined the CCU on Detached Service from 12th Service Group on 16 Aug 1944 with...

Hal Geer working with a movie camera in the CBI. Upon seeing this image in 2008, Hal responded: "This picture is a total surprise. The camera is a Wahl single system sound camera that arrived in China late in 1944. The sound amplifier is not along side it, so I assume I was just shooting some test footage. The camera...

Hal Geer standing near a jeep holding a camera somewhere in Guangxi province, either at Guilin or Liuzhou.

Various scenes at American air bases in China during WWII. It is not sure which bases are shown in these images, or if they are of the same base, but in the top left picture, the vehicle has "Hengyang" written on the door, which is the name of a that base in Hunan province.

American air base construction in China during WWII.

Burned building and fuel barrels at an American base, likely at Guilin, China.