1944

Instrument flying training. Sgt. Kenneth E. Brandon showing Capt. C. C. Wang, Chinese Air force, reactions of setting instruments in link trainer. India. Image courtesy of Tony Strotman.

A laborer at an airbase in China. Image courtesy of Tony Strotman.

A section of city wall and gate to Chenggong (Chengkung), possibly going back to the final days of the Ming Dynasty, 400 years before. Two Chinese men carry a wealthy Chinese merchant on a “hua-gan" (滑竿) pole chair. Image courtesy of Tony Strotman.

A B-25 bombs 9000-foot Yellow River bridge. June 24, 1944, 1st Bomb Group, Provisional; 2nd Bomb Squadron. Near Kaifeng, Henan, China. Image courtesy of Tony Strotman.

.50 cal machine gun being removed at Nanning Air Base during WWII by women laborers. 16 November 1944. Image courtesy of Tony Strotman.

Pilots of CACW, Maj. Winston Churchill and Capt. T. H. Young in China during WWII. Image courtesy of Tony Strotman.

Chennault poses with USO Troupe at Kunming China, on October 26, 1944. Left to right: Ruth Carrol, Pat O'Brien, Chennault, Jinx Falkenburg, Betty Yeaton, and Jimmy Dodd. Photo by 16th Combat Camera Unit. Image courtesy of Tony Strotman.

Bill Gargan and Keenan Wynn, stars with the Paulette Goddard Show, enacting their skit "How To Not Get Drafted" for men station in China on March 1, 1944. Image courtesy of Tony Strotman.

Chennault receives a bundle of Christmas greeting from China's children at the hand of his Chief Interpreter, Col. P. Y. Chu. Image courtesy of Tony Strotman.

Chennault holds Tayng Wong and Toong Di, who had come with Col P. Y. Shu, interpreter, to present Chennault Christmas greetings written by grade school children. During WWII. Image courtesy of Tony Strotman.