1944

At 52nd Army HQS, Yenshan, China, 2nd Lt. Wang Mong Chien, 2nd Division; Capt. Merle Foraker, Barberton, OH. The Capt. changes angle of antenna on British B-48 set for use in prone position while Chinese student watches. American instructors teach Chinese to use new equipment supplied to 52nd army. Photo by Pfc E. J. Frayne

Capt. George E. Noll, St. Petersburgh, FL, firing a German maxim machine gun at an anti-aircraft mount assisted by S/Sgt. Merwin E. Rogers, Willkes-Barre, PA., before a class of Chinese officers in the general staff school, ITC, Kunming, China. 23 September 1944. Photo by T/5 J. B. Hendrick.

(L-R) Maj. Wang Cheh Tso, Lt. Col Tang Wei Tan firing the 60mm mortar for demonstration purposes at a class in the general staff school, ITC, Kunming, China, under the direction of 1st. Lt. John W. Lee, Washington, Iowa. 23 September 1944. Photo by T/5 J. B. Hendrick.

Indian Soldiers, who had been prisoners of the Japanese for two and a half years, and escaped when American B-25s bombed their captors into shelter at Mangshih (Mangshi), march into a Chinese town after working their way to Chinese lines. 29 September 1944. Photo by Pvt. C. H. Hatfield.

Ewald Anton Mast was born in Germany on December 3rd, 1922. He is the son of Albert and Rosa Karscher Mast and the oldest of three siblings. His younger brother Curt Albert Mast was born on March 1924 and is married with three children, Curt is also a WWII veteran and served as an electrician second class aboard the USS...

Edward Wilson Price, who disappeared in China, along with the rest of the crew of their B-24 bomber in 1944. See more of the story of the loss of him and his crew here. In this location we will eventually have a biography on Edward Wilson Price who disappeared in China, along with the rest of the crew of their...

James D. McDowell, 2nd Lt., ID: O-515741, Missing in Action (MIA) in the CBI during WWII. Originally from Vincennes, IN, he was lost with three other members of the crew on a flight from Jorhat, India, to Chengtu (Chengdu), China, on 15 May 1944, while flying in a C-87 (a variant of the B-24 airframe modified to carry cargo), as...

1st Lt. Frank P. Dwyer, ASN #O-1551389, MIA from the CBI. Lt. Dwyer was an ordnance officer for the eastern sector of the India-China Wing, Air Transport Command, and was lost on a flight that took off at 1:30am on June 14, 1944, for a flight from Chabua to Calcutta, India. Lt. Dwyer was one of 11 passengers (including one...

Frank B. DiPaola, Private First Class, Missing in Action (MIA) in the CBI during WWII. Originally from Hartford, CT, he was lost with three other members of the crew on a flight from Jorhat, India, to Chengtu (Chengdu), China, on 15 May 1944, while flying in a C-87 (a variant of the B-24 airframe modified to carry cargo), as part...

An American GI poses in a gateway at Yunnanyi, China, during WWII, in 1944.