Kostelanetz

Conductor Andre Kostelanetz directs at a USO show in Gushkara, India, during WWII.

Celebrities visit and perform at Yangkai, Yunnan province, during WWII: The American opera star Lily Pons stands with her conductor husband, Andre Kostelanetz.

Miss Lily Pons of opera and radio fame, along with husband Andre Kostelanetz, meets C. L. Chennault on February 15, 1945, after her tour of American airfields in China.

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...

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...

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...

The American opera star Lily Pons stands between conductor Andre Kostelanetz, her husband, and Brigadier General Lewis A. Pick just prior to the formal ‘ribbon cutting’ ceremony demonstrating the completion of the Stilwell Road. On 4 February 1945 the first convoy from Ledo, with General Pick at the front, reached Kunming as firecrackers exploded, missionary nuns waved, and Chinese bands...

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...

IO6GU7 38 BURMA ROAD (RES) 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...