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Early in the morning, Lts. Oscar Garland, Harry Warden, Douglas Yonk and Anthony Greco wash the sleep out of their eyes, start a new day. |
S/Sgt. James Williams, T/Sgt. Bill Griffen, Cpl. Bill Nelson, S/Sgt. Nick Udorvich and Pfc. Walt Mansell load a powerful 1,000-pound bomb. |
Giving a P-38 a sting, Pfc. Carmen DeStefano and Pvt. William Wallach, armorers, install a 50 calibre machine gun in their "baby." |
Jap ack-ack messed up an engine, but Cpl. George hartman, Sgt. Bruce Bishop and S/Sgts. Rex Jonas and Joe Swain replace it with another. |
Work's done, so Cpl. Martin Dunlap and S/Sgt. G. Thompson match wits in a rugged game of chess beneath a wing. |
Lt. F. Distelzweig enjoys all the comforst of home, sweet home, as he reclines on his sack reading a sugar report from Stateside. |
Lt. John Morton, Intelligence Officer, imparts important pre-mission information to Lts. Smith, Fertig, Norton, Harris and Sealy. |
Lt. Douglas Yonk, using his 'chute for a pillow, grabs a siesta in the shade, while waiting for take-off time for a mission over Burma. |
The lead plane leaves home to pay an unsocial call to the Japanese somewhere in Burma that will be most unwelcome to the enemy. |
Chow call means that a truck will rumble to the field to bring the ground crews back to the mess hall to satisfy their innards. |
Favorite game of chance at this base is blackjack. You pull up your chair, put your rupees on the table and hope for the best. |
There's just time for a nightcap at the enlisted men's bar before hitting the bunk. The motif is bamboo, bar rail and all, at this establishment. |
GENERATION PIN-UP |
Left to right, four Frank Bucks in khaki look unconcerned into the camera: Lt. Frank Gentile, Maj. Edward Spunt, Capt. Grover Nelson and Lt. John Edwards. |
"Buttercup," effervescent Chinese orderly to Lt. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell, radiates his approval of Roundup pin-up girls. |
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