Burmese and Chinese laborers using basic hand tools to create the Burma Road out of thick forests on steep hillsides and swampy flatlands, southwestern China, 1937C-46 Commando being fueled for flight C-46 Commando aircraft flying over the Himalaya Mountains, 1943-1945Maintenance work at the Kunming airfield in Yunnan Province, China, circa 1944
Burmese and Chinese laborers using basic hand tools to create the Burma Road out of thick forests on steep hillsides and swampy flatlands, southwestern China, 1937C-46 Commando being fueled for flight 'over the hump' from Chabua, India to Kunming, China, 1943. Note 3 blade props of early C-46 modelsC-46 Commando aircraft flying over the Himalaya Mountains, 1943-1945Maintenance work at the Kunming airfield in Yunnan Province, China, circa 1944
The 24-Turns section of the Kunming-Chungking (Chongqing) Road in China climbs 650 vertical feet using 1.8 miles of road to cover one-quarter of that distance laterally, Guizhou Province, China, 1944, photo 1 of 2The 24-Turns section of the Kunming-Chungking (Chongqing) Road in China climbs 650 vertical feet using 1.8 miles of road to cover one-quarter of that distance laterally, Guizhou Province, China, 1944, photo 2 of 2US Army sergeants Arnold Hansen and Joseph Medved with their Jeep working on the pipeline project along the Ledo Road, Burma, 1944Curtiss C-46 Commando transport aircraft taking a break from flying “The Hump” at Chabua Field, India, circa Feb 1944
The 24-Turns section of the Kunming-Chungking (Chongqing) Road in China climbs 650 vertical feet using 1.8 miles of road to cover one-quarter of that distance laterally, Guizhou Province, China, 1944, photo 1 of 2The 24-Turns section of the Kunming-Chungking (Chongqing) Road in China climbs 650 vertical feet using 1.8 miles of road to cover one-quarter of that distance laterally, Guizhou Province, China, 1944, photo 2 of 2US Army sergeants Arnold Hansen and Joseph Medved with their Jeep working on the pipeline project along the Ledo Road, Burma, 1944Curtiss C-46 Commando transport aircraft taking a break from flying “The Hump” at Chabua Field, India, circa Feb 1944
General Joseph Stilwell holding a roadside conference with Brigadier General Lewis Pick whose engineers were instrumental in the completion of the Burma Road, Burma, 1944.Chinese children celebrating on top of a Jeep, circa 1945; the occasion was either the opening of Ledo Road or victory over JapanCivilians of Kunming, Yunnan Province, China celebrating the arrival of the first convoy across the Ledo Road, early 1945Late version of the Mile Zero signpost of the Stilwell Road at Ledo, Assam, India, 1945
General Joseph Stilwell holding a roadside conference with Brigadier General Lewis Pick whose engineers were instrumental in the completion of the Burma Road, Burma, 1944.Chinese children celebrating on top of a Jeep, circa 1945; the occasion was either the opening of Ledo Road or victory over JapanCivilians of Kunming, Yunnan Province, China celebrating the arrival of the first convoy across the Ledo Road, early 1945Late version of the Mile Zero signpost of the Stilwell Road at Ledo, Assam, India, 1945
Sign post at Mong Yu, Burma (now Myanmar) at the Chinese border marking the joining of the newer Ledo Road with the previous Burma Road, 1945American- and Chinese-manned M4 Sherman tanks on the Burma Road, circa 1945US Army truck convoy on the Ledo Road/Stilwell Road, Burma, 1945An African-American US Army soldier and a Chinese soldier placing the flag of their ally on the front of a jeep that was about to drive onto the Ledo Road/Stilwell Road, 6 Feb 1945
Sign post at Mong Yu, Burma (now Myanmar) at the Chinese border marking the joining of the newer Ledo Road with the previous Burma Road, 1945American- and Chinese-manned M4 Sherman tanks on the Burma Road, circa 1945US Army truck convoy on the Ledo Road/Stilwell Road, Burma, 1945An African-American US Army soldier and a Chinese soldier placing the flag of their ally on the front of a jeep that was about to drive onto the Ledo Road/Stilwell Road, 6 Feb 1945
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