Ex-CBI Roundup

GI sketch of 10th Air Force Photo Personnel on train coming back from the Taj at Agra. During WWII.

The original CBI Roundup linotype being used to set type for the next issue in Calcutta in 1944. Sgt. Mike Valenti and Charlie Clark resist the urge to kibitz.

Sgts. Wikay and Summerhill set up the Speed Graphic camera in India during WWII.

Jinx Falkenberg surrounded by happy GIs in India during WWII. During her USO tour, 1944.

Chinese troops on the way to the Salween River Campaign. During WWII.

A Buddha in a Burmese temple during WWII. Photo by Joe. J. O'brien.

A C-46 hard on its belly in the CBI during WWII. Photo from James Streitwieder.

Rice straw, some of which will be used ofr basha roofs. India.

A GI points his carbine down the narrow space between two homes in a Chinese village during WWII, as a local village woman threshes grain.

Member of the 988th Signal Service Battalion grabs a bite to eat along the Burma Road. "We quickly learned to heat cans of food on the engine, and have it warm and ready for a quick stop." In the CBI. Photo by Jesse D. Newman.