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American truck with a sign advertising meeting at race course in the CBI during WWII.
GIs move supplies between a truck and a F-5 (P-38)--not usually considered a cargo carrier--including a box labeled "Curtiss Candy Co." along with cartons of "plum base." In the CBI during WWII. Photo from W. T. Basore.
A Chinese farmer and gaggle of ducks in SW China during WWII. Photo from J. Ellis Wood.
A tidy looking L-5 airplane parked in a field in the CBI during WWII. Photo from Kenneth M. Sumney.
African-American servicemen in a club or bar in Myitkyina in 1945, during WWII. Stars in pre-army life, the fighter Henry Armstrong and the football player Kenny Washington get full attention from surrounding fans.
Engine change crew work on a C-47 transport plane in the CBI. 330th Troop Carrier, 9th CC. 1945. Sergeant Arnold Wall in far back against the fuselage.
American Army petroleum engineers bend a fuel pipe with a hydraulic jack going through a farming field in SW China while local people look on. During WWII. Photo by 164th Signal Photographic Company, provided by "Hibbert."
A woman tap-dances for the troops in the CBI during WWII.
Elephant ride in India during WWII. Photo from Irvin Persky.
A Lake in SW China, probably at Kunming, during WWII.