1944

A woman in China holds a freshly skinned piece of vital protein--a cat or dog or similar. During WWII.

A Chinese man standing in front a row of donkey carts smokes from a water pipe. In China during WWII.

"Here is a picture of Sgt. Miller and Sgt.Blumer's salvage vehicle at work picking up a P-51 that had to make a gear-up landing."

"The officer in the center is Lt. Sohl engineering officer of the 396th. The officer on the right is Capt. Weisburg a medical officer with the 396th. Unfortunately Lt.Sohl did not make it back to the states. He had his orders to return stateside and was awaiting transportation home when he was bitten by a rat and became very ill...

"This Is Lester Schmidt and "Doc"Kriewitz relaxing in 'Doc's' Instrument shop. Doc headed up this department." Luliang, China.

"This Is a picture of the (electric shop) shop area at Kwelin, China. The guys are Houser--Dowds--Harrison and an unknown Chinese man."

"This Is A View Of Our Salvage Area At Liangshan,China. The Goats In The Picture Were A Problem And Almost Got Ralph O'Connor Court Martialed."

"This Is A Bunch Of 396th Guys Taking Advantage Of A Chance To Take A Bath And Enjoy A Swim At The Same Time. Sorry I Can Only Name Four Of Them. John Marlatt, Jr., and Dale Souder Are the First Two, And Ernie Estes And Marlin Reese At The End Of The Line."

"This Is A Group Of 396th Mechanics Changing A B-24 Engine At Luichow (Liuzhou), China."

"This Is Lt. Sohl And Lt. Chaves, Two Of The 396th's Great Engineering Officers."