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Burma Road dedication parade and ceremony in Kunming, China, on or around February 4, 1945, during WWII. Review of first convoy (or one of the first convoys) to reach China. Chinese soldiers marching in fancy parade dress during, waiting for their turn in the parade.
Burma Road dedication parade and ceremony in Kunming, China, on or around February 4, 1945, during WWII. Review of first convoy (or one of the first convoys) to reach China. Ranks of soldiers and civilians, waiting in anticipation of the parade, speeches, and first trucks to arrive, watch motorcycle MPs and jeeps, with US and Chinese flags.
Burma Road dedication parade and ceremony in Kunming, China, on or around February 4, 1945, during WWII. Review of first convoy (or one of the first convoys) to reach China. Chinese and American military officers give speeches into microphones.
Burma Road dedication parade and ceremony in Kunming, China, on or around February 4, 1945, during WWII. Review of first convoy (or one of the first convoys) to reach China. Ranks of soldiers and civilians, waiting in anticipation of the parade, speeches, and first trucks to arrive.
Burma Road dedication parade and ceremony in Kunming, China, on or around February 4, 1945, during WWII. Review of first convoy (or one of the first convoys) to reach China. Ranks of soldiers and civilians. Note movie camera filming on top.
Burma Road dedication parade and ceremony in Kunming, China, on or around February 4, 1945, during WWII. Review of first convoy (or one of the first convoys) to reach China. Ranks of soldiers and civilians. Note movie camera filming on far right, and just below that, a couple of African-American officers.
Burma Road dedication parade and ceremony in Kunming, China, on or around February 4, 1945, during WWII. Review of first convoy (or one of the first convoys) to reach China. General view of the stage area and MPs at the ready at jeeps provided by Service of Supply (SOS) . The "Burma Road" was also often known as the "Stilwell...
Bearers carry an American who has died from an ambulance to a temporary war-time graveyard. In the CBI, during WWII.
1st Lt. Addie Newland, an Army Nurse assigned to the Medical Air Evacuation Squadron, receives Air Medal from General. C. L. Chennault in the CBI during WWII.
Chaplain Dwayne H. Mengel conducts a temporary military burial in Yunnan, China. The 308th took heavy casualties, and one of the Chaplain's duties included burying recovered bodies in local graves until they could be repatriated after the war.