African-American

A fascinating and rare image of a party or similar celebration of mostly African-American CBIers at the American Red Cross club in Calcutta. While the numerous shoulder insignia leave no question that these are CBI veterans (see blow-up below), the time of the event is a mystery. Many African American CBIers where stationed in WWII, working at the docks, in...

African-American musician playing piano for other GIs in the CBI during WWII.

A fakir on the street in India, as an American Black GI walks by, as seen by men of the 2005th Ordnance Maintenance Company, 28th Air Depot Group, in India during WWII.

GIs of the 2005th Ordnance Maintenance Company, 28th Air Depot Group, taking a break in India during WWII.

A convoy loaded with troops and engineers prepares to set out, while a band plays, and music projected to convoy via loudspeakers. During WWII.

A group of trainees in photography during WWII. Edward H. Dixon is sitting crossed-legged in the first row, second from the left.

African-American GIs touring in India during WWII. "Rickshaws are almost as common in India as they are in China. Some of the...troops are on their way to see `Tarzan's New York Adventure'---in India..."

"A U.S. Army soldier and a Chinese soldier place the flag of their ally on the front of their jeep just before the first truck convoy in almost three years crossed the China border en route from Ledo, India, to Kunming, China, over the Stilwell road."

Burma Road dedication parade and ceremony in Kunming, China, on or around February 4, 1945, during WWII. Review of first convoy (or one of the first convoys) to reach China. Ranks of soldiers and civilians. Note movie camera filming on far right, and just below that, a couple of African-American officers.

African-American serviceman putting the M-14 in the igniter of a M-76 500-pound incendiary bomb in China during WWII. 2nd AAF Combat Camera Detachment, APO #493.