1944

"Elmer Bukey and Chester Rush in the doorway of our engineering office at Liangshan,China. The holes and the damage seen are the results of nightly air raids by the Japanese. Our engineering area left a lot to be desired but it was amazing the amount of and the quality of the work that was performed by the men."

"This is a photo of John Marlatt Jr.one of the great sheet metal mechanics that was a part of the 396th Squadon. My thanks to his son Larry for this great photo."

“Yang Tong Air Base, Kwelin (Guilin),China,1944. This is the 396th Air Service Squadron logo with Joe Goodman the guy that designed and built it. This was just one of many items that Joe designed and built."

"This Is A Photo Of Dale Souder, Marlin Reese, And Joe Wiley Probably At Our Base In Kwelin (Guilin), China."

"Elmer Bukey and Bob Houser in our hostel area at Kwelin (Guilin), China standing by the air raid siren. I guarantee you that siren had a lot of use because the Japanese paid us a lot of nighttime visits. We spent a lot of nights in the caves around our hostel area."

"Ralph O'Connor Taking Dead Aim At His Target While A Chinese Boy Looks On Hoping To Maybe Get Whatever He May Shoot."

Elmer Bukey poses for a photo with some Chinese friends and a Thompson submachine gun, standing by a rice paddy, at Liangshan China, during WWII.

"Lester Herring And Larry Hawkins, Great Members Of The 396th Service Squadron... I Remember Larry Wanted To Be A Pilot But Could Not Qualify So He Made Himself A Great Mechanic."

Yang Tong Airbase In 1944:"All the runways in China were made of crushed stone. They started the base with the larger stone and each layer that was added was of a smaller stone. The final layer of the runway surface was was made of finely crushed stone that was rolled and rerolled by Chinese coolies pulling a huge stone roller...

"This rig was dreamed up and built by Sgt.Miller and Sgt.Blumer. The 396th needed something that could handle all the heavy objects that had to be moved in the process of salvaging and repairing the aircraft we worked on. They built this rig on a 6x6 chasis and there wasn't much that it couldn't handle. They received a lot of...