1944

Grenade class in Chinese Infantry non com training school at Dutan, China, observe a man, lower left, in training pit with stick grenade in throwing position. China. 18 May 1944. 云南大屯

Report on group mission no. 131, SEA SEARCH OVER SOUTH CHINA SEA, 5 June 1944.

In recognition of his outstanding combat theater duties as recreational director, a direct 2nd Lieutenant commission has been given on the field to Cpl. Lee Wilson, husband of Mrs. Dorothy Wilson, 437 N Ardmore St., Los Angeles, Cal., headquarters of Maj Gen C. L. Chennault’s Fourteenth Air Force announced recently. Lt. Wilson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Wilson, 619...

Due to the urgent need for reserve troops in the Lungling offensive, Chinese troops of the 200th Div., Chinese 5th Army, board a C-47 plane enroute to Paoshan (Baoshan). Yunnanyi, China. 9/15/44 Signal Corps Photo #CBI-44-60297 (Sgt. Wm. J. Randolph), from 164 Sign Photo Co.

Troops of the 200th Div., Chinese 5th Army, wait at the loading point of the Yunnanyi airbase, China, in preparation for the air trip in C-47's to Paoshan (Baoshan). 9/15/44 Signal Corps Photo #CBI-44-50292 (Tec 4 George Clayton), from 164 Sign Photo Co.

Maj. William H. Makepeace, left, G-3, Y-FOS (Y-Force Operations Staff), and Capt. Shao Lien watch Chinese troops of the Chinese Fifth Army Group board a plane at the Kunming Airport during a troop movement by air. Kunming, China, 9/69/44 Signal Corps Photo #CBI-44-29885 (Pvt. Frank Zervoulis), from 164 Sign Photo Co.

Pvt. Louie E. Mallette Jr., son of Mrs. L.E. Mallette, R.D. 2, Lucedale, Miss., explains the intricacies of a camera to a Chinese photo laboratory technician at headquarters of the Fourteenth Air Force's hard-hitting Chinese-American Composite Wing. Pvt. Mallette who has been overseas since July 23, 1944, has been assigned to the wing's photographic section as a photographer and camera...

Salvage of damaged B-29 bomber parts in the CBI during WWII, September 15, 1944. "22 AG V-12 RECLAMATION." Image from U. S. Government official sources.

A 373rd Bombardment Squadron (308th Bm Grp) crew poses at the nose of 'Nip Nipper', a B-24D1, serial #42-72837, probably in a revetment at Yangkai, early in 1944. Image from U. S. Government official sources.

'Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) for Harold V. Robbins, Jr., who was lost near Liuzhou on November 7, 1944. We hope to have more information here on Mr. Robbins in the future. If you have additional information regarding Mr. Robbins, please email pat@rshonor.org, or use the \'Provide Info\' function below. For more about our MIA-KIA memorial project, please click here'