ATC

A Chinese and American search party being organized to find an American pilot whose plane had gone down in a location pinpointed by the 23rd Fighter Control Squadron, which was one of its duties. The sign on the stairway in the background reads "Air Transport Command Operations." Below that is a sign that says "SALUTE PROUDLY!" A sign on the...

ATC flyers bridge collapse and Elephant tow on R&R to the "Assam jungle, Burma," during February 1945. People in images: Richard "Dick" Harris F/O Bill Carpenter F/O Harry Berd Local elephant handler

ATC flyers on R&R to the "Assam jungle, Burma," during February 1945. Middle image, left to right: Richard "Dick" Harris F/O Bill Carpenter F/O Harry Berd

ATC flyers Lt. Bob Boswell and Richard Harris pose in fake prop airplane wall in India, during WWII, in August 1945.

ATC flyers pose with fakir at Dibrugarh, India, during WWII, in August 1945. Left to right: Lt. Jerry Pyle, Capt Jim Cunningham CO Lt. Bob Boswell F/O Dick Harris

Chinese workers unloading barrels from a C-46 transport during WWII.

Richard "Dick" Harris in service in Lewiston, Idaho, in 1942. Hand colored image. From February to October 1945, Richard Daniel Harris flew C-46 military transport aircraft between India and China through the Himalayas in support of the war effort against Japan, carrying every kind of material or personnel over "the Hump." Only a young man only in his early twenties...

A C-47 transport of the ATC, tail #476342, on pavement at an airbase in in Burma during WWII.

GI looks at flight route map at Kwajalein. Lt. Mazer was initially released from active duty on January 12, 1947. However, he apparently was posted to Asia or had military trips to Asia between the end of the war and his release (or before April 1, 1948), visiting the Philippines, Okinawa, and various American-held islands on his route over the...

Men repair a damaged ATC ground transport vehicle, damaged by shrapnel or bullets. In China during WWII.