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Aerial view of Burma Road construction, during WWII.

A car pool maintenance area in the CBI during WWII.

Moving supplies by truck and hard human labor in China during WWII.

William Butler, Wayne Crusan, Trombley, Derby, Frenchy Beaudetter, Daggett. Outside base office buildings. Probably at Yangkai. From the collection of Frank Bates.

On a ferry with Chinese soldiers crossing a river in southwest China during WWII.

"Heading For Our new Home --After Flying The Hump Into Kunming We Moved By Truck Convoy To Our New Home In Kwelin. This Is A Photo Of The Convoy Stopped For A Break Along The Way. For The Final Leg Of This Trip We Loaded Everything On Flat Cars And Finished The Trip To Kwelin By Rail. " Caption courtesy...

"Autos and trucks were practically non extant in the civilian population in China.This pic show one of the trucks that did exist.Whenever one of the trucks broke down it was repaired on the spot by whatever means necessary. All the trucks were converted to charcoal burners because of the shortage of gasoline. On steep grades someone would run along side...

Ingenious bicycle created by L.t Raymon J. Sweezy, Jr., a pilot in a Troop Carrier Squadron of the 14th Air Force in the CBI. Lt. Sweezy used a regular GI bicycle and a motor salvaged at the evacuation of Guilin. Behind him, the body of an aircraft (probably a C-47) has been converted to storage or a workshop.

A C-47 transport plane flies over a damaged village, probably outside of Kunming, Yunnan province.