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491st Bombardment Squadron

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 taking part in elaborate parade.
Sgt. William R. Zieman of Chicago, Illinois chalks up the 121st mission on the North American B-25 "Old 59" at an airbase somewhere in China during WWII. 341st Bomb Group, 491st Bomb Squadron. Image courtesy of Tony Strotman.
A man fills a bucket, possibly in a water heating facility or kitchen, from a concrete cistern. During WWII.
A Chinese Nationalist soldier, surname Li (李), and child in China during WWII. This was not a random family, and Wozniak knew them, as another image in the collection reveals this image tacked to a wall in a home--a gift from Wozniak to the family.
A woman holds a small child in a shop in Yunnan, China, during the Second World War. Note the straw sandals hanging on the shop window in the back.
A blind villager in China poses for photographer with a stack of rice straw behind. During WWII.