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Ex-CBI Roundup

The Qutub Minar in Delhi, a GI tourist attraction during wartime. Photo from Walter Johnson.
A floating or pontoon bridge in the CBI, probably part of road transport into China from Burma/India.
72nd Field Hospital surgery crew, Tezpur, Assam, India, 1944, during WWII. Charlotte Gimmey, William A. O'brien, Bertha Vreusen, and Mimi Grow. Photo from Gimmey Koch.
Lone GI has a long time to wait for the show to start at this typical outdoor theater in the CBI during WWII.
Bob Lichty (left) and John Darnell, both "sporting Indian caps," check out a nut vendor's stock in Bombay, India, during WWII. Photo from Bob Lichty.
Men push woven baskets, with attached parachutes, out of a cargo plane mid air as part of an air drop in the CBI. Photo from Glenn Hensley.
GIs carry 10 lb ration boxes on a trail, possibly after airdrop in Burma or SW China
Original staff of CBI Roundup mug for camera in New Delhi during WWII. Standing, left to right: Stg. Heenan, Sgt. McDowell. Sitting: Major Walter, and Sgt. Clark.
Hand-drawn sketch of men of the 51st Fighter Group HQS. SQ. at Kanjikuah T.E., Assam, listening to records, during WWII.