1944

Pat O'Brien's USO troupe performs at an American airbase in China in October 1944--Here Pat O'Brien and Jinx Falkenburg perform.

Pat O'Brien's USO troupe performs at an American airbase in China in October 1944--Here Jimmy Dodd and Ruth Carrol perform.

A group of GIs poses before salvaged fuselage of B-24 bomber "Lady Luck II" at Ankang, China, during WWII: "This Is A Group Of 396th Guys I Think At Ankang, China. Kneeling: O'Connor, Wander, Hanson, and Caples. Standing: Euler, Schmidt, Besson, and Tacey."

Looking over the river across the floating bridge towards Horse-saddle Mountain (马鞍山) in Liuzhou city, Guangxi province, during WWII.

Elmer Bukey poses at Liangshan,China. in 1944 during WWII.

"From The looks Of The Crowd Nick Vassello Has In Front Of His Tent He Must Be Giving Something Away."

"This is Perez, Fedeler, and Miller working our salvage yard at Kwelin (Guilin), China."

"Wiley, Wozniak, Taurisano, and Springer on a convoy to Kwelin (Guilin), China."

Elmer Bukey poses for a photo in front of a P-51 at Liangshan, China, during WWII.

"This is a picture of General 'Casey' Vincent's plane The Silver Slipper. The 396th prepared this plane for the General at Kwelin, China. Sgt. Joe Cooper of the 396th was crew chief of the plane. The two guys in the picture are Taylor on the left and Cooper on the right. Taylor was the radio operator on the plane."