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General Staff School

23 September 1944 1st Lt. John R. Manning, Arlington, Mass., firing the bazooka rocket launcher in a demonstration for Chinese officers at General Staff School, ITC, Kunming, China, during WWII. Photo: T/5 Hendrick
Chinese officers attending the Chinese General Staff School at a 14th Air Force base somewhere in China... The object of the lecture is a P-40 fighter. From the U.S. Government sources.
Colonel Norman McNeill, Inf., American commandant and senior instructor of the Chinese General Staff School introduces a B-24 bomber pilot of Maj. Gen. Claire Chennault's 14th Air Force to Chinese officers attending the school at a 14th Air Force base... From the U.S. Government sources.
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.