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Donald James Coolidge, US Army Corps Of Engineers, spent the whole period of April 1943 to March 1946 as a "white" lieutenant with several different US Army Corps Engineer regiments, and was in Burma November 1944 to March 1946. He worked with African-American soldiers, and notes with emphasis that "My service with them was fascinating and I learned that all...

First jeep crosses log bridge near the Burma border. U. S. Army photo.

Barge across Salween River in Burma during WWII. Photo by Syd Greenberg.

Chinese troops cross walkway (actually a long flat bottom boat) above water en route to Burma-China border front lines of the Salween River Campaign in 1944. Photo from T/Sgt. Syd Greenberg.

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

The Kachin chief of a Burmese village. During WWII.

The Burma Surgeon, Gordon Seagrave, returns to his hospital in the jungles of Burma, welcomed by both local children and a GI (on far right). During WWII.

A tiger shot near the Irrawaddy River displayed as a trophy. During WWII. Photo by Carl G. Anderson.

A GI climbs inside a destroyed Japanese light tank in Burma during WWII. Photo from Walter Ericsson.

A GI's personalized season's greetings from Burma, in 1944, with a bomb damaged temple dome as background. During WWII.