{Gen. Pick "the man with the stick" and other officers in the field. Col. Charles. S. Davis is at Pick's right and possibly Col. William J. Green on far left.}
CBI-44-23556 Lt. Reis 28 Sept 1944
{Officers posing looking at map. Gen. Pick, center, with Col. Charles. S. Davis at his right.}
NO OTHER INFORMATION
{Gen. Pick with Col. William J. Green and Col. Charles S. Davis at Chinglow Hill}
NO OTHER INFORMATION
{Gen. Pick and his staff (?) at his headquarters (?) }
CBI-44-23126
Gen. Pick at entrance to Headquarters - S.O.S. Base Section No.3 with another officer and M.P. guard.
CBI-44-22702
Two American officers and a Chinese leaving headquarters building.
XX-LEDO-43-2 Mar 10 1944
{Sign at beginning of Ledo Road in Ledo, Assam, India. M.P. stands guard.}
{Small sign indicates beginning of maintenance by Company "A" of 382nd Engineer Construction Battalion}
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Congressman Mike Mansfield, Democratic Representative from Missoula, Montana, conversing with Col. Charles S. Davis, at Mile 00.00, the beginning of the Ledo Road. Congressman Mansfield is a personal envoy for President Roosevelt.
CBI-44-????? Lt. Reitinger 22 Nov 1944
{Information from smaller photo CBI-44-24192} (c04 in csdavis_photos_2 )
View of two lines of weapon carriers about to be unloaded at Bongaiganon Station, Assam. These vehivles will be convoyed by men of the 3730th QM Truck Co. to their camp at Pigeon Hill, Assam, where they will be serviced and then convoyed to the Ledo Road.
CBI-44-23200 Pvt. Kaner 29 July 1944
164 Sig Photo Co, Det "A"
Rice, rice and more rice being unloaded from train into classification warehouses.
CBI-44-23122 Lt. Reis 30 July 1944
{GI and Indian workers at a warehouse.}
CBI-44-24129
Railhead warehouses at Lekha Pani.
CBI-44-23402 Lt. Reis 3 Sept 1944
Paper parachutes are being pushed out of a C-47 plane above the Dinjan Airport in Northern Assam. This is the first time that paper chutes have been used in any theater of peration. They are 18 feet, made of 68 lb. Kraft paper and are expendable.
CBI-44-22805 Pfc. Andrews 16 June 1944 Assam, India
164th Sig Photo Det "A"
This ia a picture of one of the drops in the testing of the Navy Paper Cargo Parachute. This drop was made from an altitude of 300 feet at a speed of 160 MPH. The cargo has pulled away from one of the chutes. The other chutes made a good landing. The following claims are made for the chute: maximum capacity at 165 MPH, 100 lbs. A 100 lb. load falls at approximately 25 feet per second. Parachute opens in approximately 100 feet in a vertical drop.
CBI-44-22800 T/3 Grigg 16 June 1944 Assam, India
164 Sig Photo Co, Det "A"
CBI-44-24132
NO OTHER INFORMATION
Long shot of crew loading pipe sections onto a C-47 at Dergaon, India base for the Tenth Combat Cargo Squadron.Pipe is being loaded by the 779th Engineer Petroleum Distribution Company. Foreground shows small section of a large area where pipe sections are stacked, ready to be flown out.
CBI-44-23398 Lt. Mathews 11 Aug 1944
Members of the 775th Engineer Petroleum Distribution Co. unload pipe sections from a C-47 of the Combat Cargo Squadron at Myitkyina, Burma. The pipe was flown from Dergaon, India.
CBI-44-23396 Lt. Mathews 10 August 1944
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
General view of Myitkyina gas storage tank farm being built by the 775th Engineer Petroleum Distribution Co. White circle is stone base for a 10,000 barrel tank of which there will be 6 when the farm is completed.
CBI-44-23604 T/4 Raczkowski 10 Sept 1944
164 Sig Photo Co, Det "A" SECRET
SECRET
Completed 1000 bbl. tank, partially camouflaged at the Myitkyina tank farm, built by the 775th Engr. P. D. Co. This is part of the pipeline starting in India that will eventually reach into China.
CBI-44-23543 Lt. Mathews 16 Sept 1944
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
T/5 Leo J. DiMatteo, 52 Salem St., Boston, Mass., and Pvt. Albert Visno, 463 Water St., Joliet, Ill., of the 776th Engineer Petroleum Distribution Co., carrying a section of pipe through the jungle eight miles south of Warazup.
CBI-44-23468 T/4 Raczkowski 10 Sept 1944
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
The pipeline, 8 miles south of Warazup, goes thru a heavy jungle and because of heavy rains and deep mud, the pipe must be carried in. T/5 Bert A. Stapleton and T/5 Richard N. Bosten do their job.
CBI-44-23531 T/4 Raczkowski 10 Sept 1944
T/5 Leo J. DiMatteo, 52 Salem St., Boston, Mass., and Pvt. Albert Visno, 465 Water St., Joliet, Ill., of the 776th Engineer Petroleum Distribution Co., carrying a section of pipe through the jungle, eight miles south of Warazup.
CBI-44-234681 T/4 Raczkowski 10 Sept 1944
The pipeline 8 miles south of Warazup goes through a heavy jungle and because of heavy rains and deep mud, the pipe must be carried in by members of the 776th Engineer Petroleum Distribution Co. The two EM carrying pipe are: T/5 Richard N. Bosted, 2105 Spaulding Ave., Berkeley, Califormia and T/5 Bert A. Stapleton, 521 No. Ringold St., Janesville, Wisconsin.
CBI-44-23469 T/4 Raczkowski 10 Sept 1944
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
Men of the 775th Engr. P. D. Co. knock off work at the Myitkyina tank farm, part of the India-Burma-China pipeline. They're passing a 5,000 bbl. tank that they built. Tank will be camouflaged.
CBI-44-23537 Lt. Mathews 16 Sept 1944
{Somewhere along the Ledo Road}
NO OTHER INFORMATION
{Two unidentified men crossing foot bridge from what appears to be stored stacked supplies}
"847" - NO OTHER INFORMATION
(4x6 photo)
{General Pick with Lord Louis Mountabtten and other British officers}
NO OTHER INFORMATION
{Pick with Mountbatten and 2 other British officers handling a box}
NO OTHER INFORMATION
(4x6 photo)
{Lord Louis Mountbatten, center, with Gen. Pick and other officers}
NO OTHER INFORMATION
{Col. Charles S. Davis, Gen. Lewis A. Pick, Col. Lee of the Chinese 38th Division, unidentified United Press correspondent}
XX-LEDO-43-485 and also CBI-44-43485
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
Five ten ton aluminum pontons model 1938 fastened together to make a river ferry and used to transport "Cats" across the NamYung River at NamYung, Burma. This type ferry can hold 20 tons, while these "Cats" model 42, weigh 16 tons. These "Cats" will be used to cut a new section of the Ledo Road. This picture shows "Cat" getting on ponton.
CBI-44-22864 Pvt. Kaner 25 June 1944
Ferry constructed of light aluminum pontons clamped together, transporting Caterpillar tractors across the Namyung River at Namyung, Burma. The cats will be used in the construction of a new section of the Ledo Road, by passing a wide section of the river where a bridge has been washed out by flood waters of the monsoon season.
CBI-44-22860 Pvt. Kaner 26 June 1944
CBI-44-23258
NO OTHER INFORMATION
At Nam Yung River Ledo Road, mile 75. Photo of the remains of a bridge which has been washed away. Engr. of the 504th Light Ponton Co. have constructed a ferry approximately 100 yds down river from this point to take care of traffic. Other bridges and two ponton bridges have been washed away due to the very swift current.
CBI-44-23028 Adams Unit #7 5 July 1944
164th Signal Photo Co. Det. "A"
Mogaung River railroad bridge
CBI-44-23168 25 July 1944
(3x5 photo)
{Ponton bridges on Ledo Road}
NO OTHER INFORMATION
Long shot of Kanglawhn bridge showing length, height and general terrain.
CBI-44-23248 T/5 Adams 6 August 1944
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
A temporary bridge across a river.
XX-LEDO-43-145
CBI-44-23184
NO OTHER INFORMATION
The Ledo Road at mile 65 in Burma.
CBI-44-23706 Lt. Reis 10 May 1944
View showing high water on the corduroy at the 154 mile mark near Tinghawk.
CBI-44-23746 T4 Zimmerman 9 Oct. 1944
164 Sig. Photo Det. A
CONFIDENTIAL
A newly constructed portion of the Ledo Road undergoes improvements while open to traffic. This new military supply road will eventually open a way to China through the dense jungles of Northern Burma.
XX-30044 T/4 Pense 30 March 1944
Looking into India from the Burma border.
XX-LEDO-43-428
Bhamo road improvement -- Photo made eight miles south east of Kasu, on road to Bhamo, looking south east and showing road blown out by Japanese leaving sheer cliff of solid rock about 60 feet high and only room enough for narrow trail.
CBI-44-24012 T/5 Adams 10 Oct 1944
164th Sig Photo Det "A"
{Slightly different print of above photo CBI-44-24012}
Somewhere along the Ledo Road.
XX-LEDO-43-85
{Surveyors at work on the trace}
CBI-44-24098
Two bulldozers clear the way in preparation for laying a culvert. Photo taken along the Ledo Road.
XX-LEDO-43-475
Engineers haul timber with a "stiff-leg" crane.
CBI-44-23121 Lt. Reis 30 July 1944
Culvert being installed by the Chinese 5th Co., 10th Eng. at the 107.5 mile mark. Supervising is Sgt. T. J. Tetrein, of Los Angeles, California. B Co. 1905 Eng.
CBI-44-24336 Sgt. Neubacher 26 November 1944
164 Sig. Photo Det. A
CBI-44-24013
NO OTHER INFORMATION
Here the lead bulldozer hacks its way thru the last obstacle to join the forward section, which was made by an advancing party of Engineers of the Ledo Road.
XX-LEDO- 43-484
When heavy rains washed out the Ledo Road between Makum Jct. and Digboi, damage was mainly in large holes along the road. Lt. Geo. Tucker, Kansas City, Mo., shows the depth of one hole. Lt. Tucker is with the 1880th Aviation Engr. Co. A, who are doing the repair work.
CBI-44-23036 T/4 Zimmerman 5 July 1944
Men and equipment of C Co 1905 Eng. working on the road at about the 120 mile mark (from Shingbwiyang).
CBI-44-24347 Sgt. Neubacher 29 Nov 1944
164th Sig Photo Co Det "A"
{Native labor and elephants work with American Engineers and bulldozer to move timber.}
CBI-44-23950
Chinese 10 Eng. putting in a temporary bridge on the Access road about 5 miles below Mayan.
CBI-44-24333 Sgt. Neubacher 29 Nov 1944
164th Sig Photo Co Det "A"
T/5 Roy Coble on a D-8 bulldozer and T/4 Robert Wade on a Clark airborne tractor. The D-8 weighs over 20 tons.The airborne tractor weighs a little over 3000 lbs.Wade and the Clark tractor belong to the 900th Airborne Engineers. Coble and the D-8 are part of the point crew, 300th Engrs. Co. B.
XX-20223 T/3 Grigg Dec 30 1943(?)
{Note in original caption, details about bulldozers and units were crossed out, probably to be censored}
Widening a section of the road.
XX-LEDO-43-155
T/5 A. D. Gary, Shelville, Texas, operated this bulldozer in the jungled Hukawng Valley of Burma about 12 miles south of Taipha Ga. T/5 Gary is of the 330th Engrs. and has worked on the Ledo Road. He is shown operating the bulldozer plowing into the thick growth.
XX-20923 T/5 Leipnitz 27 Feb 1944
A D-8 bulldozer belonging to the 45th Engineers fells a tree in the Burma jungle, working on the Ledo Road.
CBI-44-23752 T/4 Zimmerman 10 October 1944
330th Engrs., Co "B". A bulldozer gets in a tight spot. The ground is so soft that sometimes the "cat" all but buries its tracks.
XX-20402 T/3 Grigg 8 Jan 1944
A D-8 bulldozer operated by T/5 Roy D. Coble pushes over trees as if they were match sticks. The D-8, a battle scarred veteran of the road weighs over 20 tons.At various times the boys have worked under fire, hence Cpl. Robert L. Cornwall of Circleville, Ohio keeps a wary eye open for Jap snipers. The point crew work in three shifts of 6 hours.
XX-20229
View of the road with the right of way clearing somewhere along the Ledo Road.
XX-LEDO-43-139
Graveling the Ledo Road about 5 miles east of Warazup. The 4024 Q. M. is hauling the gravel and the work is being done by B Co. 1880 Eng.
CBI-44-24338 Sgt. Neubacher 30 November 1944
164 Sig. Photo Det. A
Boring holes for dynamite to blast out rock encountered at this point of the Ledo Road 90.5 mile mark.
CBI-44-24338 Sgt. Neubacher 30 November 1944
164th Sig Photo Co Det "A"
United States Army vehicles make their way along the famous Ledo Road where it cuts through the Naga Hills inside Burma. After seven days of rain the road was still passable to the endless stream of heavy day and night traffic.
XX-30050 T/4 Pease 30 March 1944
Neither weather nor mud can halt the flow of supplies up the Ledo Road.
CBI-44-24387 T/5 Hansen 9 December 1944
{Steam roller "metals" the road by flattening stone surface}
XX-2232
Improving the road: here a new road has been cut, right, eliminating the dips and curves of the old road, somewhere on the Ledo Road.
XX-LEDO-43-181
A construction camp that has been deserted by the ever forward moving engineers. Taken along the Ledo Road.
XX-LEDO-43-424
Bhamo road improvement: "C" Co. 236th Combat Eng. Bn. have constructed a bridge looking toward south bank showing new Chinese 30th Div. 90th Inf. Reg. preparing to cross one at a time and troops in single file due to shortage of material to finish bridge.
CBI-44-24010 T/5 Adams 29 Oct 1944
164th Sig Photo Det "A"
Generals Joseph W. Stilwell and Lewis A. Pick
NO OTHER INFORMATION
(signed) "To Col. C. S. Davis with the sincere best wishes" Lewis A. Pick Maj. Gen. U.S.A. Ledo Road July 1945
IBT-45-12613
Processed by the 3371st Sig. Photo Sv. Co. (Lab section) Hq. USF, IBT
Chinese General Sun Li-jen and Gen. Pick
NO OTHER INFORMATION
{Chinese Gen. Sun Li-jen with Gen. Pick}
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{Chinese Gen. Sun Li-jen with Gen. Pick}
NO OTHER INFORMATION
Along the Ledo Road, at the 22 mile mark, is located a rehabilitation camp for recoverd wounded Chinese soldiers, being operated under command of General Joseph W. Stilwell, by 1st Lt. P. C. Beilke of Green Bay, Wisc. The soldiers who arrive here have been fully treated and cured of their wounds and ailments received in the Burma fighting, at various hospitals in India. On their arrival they are discharged from the Chinese Army. While at this camp they will learn a trade among which could be barbering, tailoring, tinsmithery, shoe repairing, weaving or carpentry, depending upon the soldiers disability. He can be paid a maximum of Rs 500 by an American Gratuity Fund, upon learning a trade. The soldier (now a civilian) is sent back to China to ply his newly learned trade. The camp has facilities for 600 men. This is a photo of the weaving class and they are beginners so they are weaving fans (out of strips of bamboo). The instructor is at the head of the table.
CBI-44-23071 T/4 Leipnitz 18 July 1944
2nd Lt. Anna Mae McCabe, surgical nurse, Allentown, Pa., keeping the withdrawing bottle in motion, while taking blood from an American donor. The blood taken from American donors is not used to make plasma, but is used for direct blood transfusions, while blood donations made by Chinese troops are used to make plasma which is very scarce here.
CBI-44-23502 T/4 Spencerb 11 Sept 1944
Chinese soldier, Pvt. Chu Yow Loo, wounded in the successful battle for Myitkyina in North Burma, with leg in Balkan Frame at a large American hospital in Assam is helped by nurse 1st Lt. Helen L. Pence, 1990 Summit St., Columbus, Ohio. Pvt. Chu has fracture of right femur.
CBI-44-23533 Lt. Reis 20 Sept 1944
First Iron Lung in an Assam U.S. hospital. Nurse 2nd Lt. Angeline A. Christner of Miniar, Ill., and Capt. Calvin F. Key, formerly of the University of Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia, watch over a Poliomyelitis victim in a Drinker-Collins respirator.
CBI-44-23556 Lt. Reis 28 Sept 1944
{Medical patient being loaded on evacuation plane}
XX-Ledo-44-148
NO OTHER INFORMATION
Occupational therapy at a convalescent camp run by a General Hospital in Assam. Weaving rope belts and modeling clay are: L to R: around the near table are: Pvt. Clarence Powers, 650 Beach Drive, Long Beach, Calif., Pfc. John Marrell, Box 21, Ogden, Ark., Cpl. William A. Langley, Sparks, Nev., Pfc. Robert L. Mullins, Fife, Tex., Pfc. William B. Davis, 811 Mulberry St., Elizabethton, Tenn., Pfc. Kenneth H. Neese, Box 205, Zionsville, Ind.
CBI-44-23507 Lt. R. Reis 10 Sept 1944
Gen. Frank D. Merrill {while a patient at the 20th General Hospital}
CBI-44-22720
This is an outside view of the air conditioned scrub typhus ward. This building has been air conditioned by five 3/4 H.P. York-Philco conditioners, 3 of which can be seen covered with bamboo mat shelters.Below each of these units is a dark spot on the ground, which is the accumulation of water that is taken out of the air by these units. All windows and doors are covered with flexiglass.Openings between the wall studs and cement plastered walls have been filled with Oakum. The ceiling of this building is merely hessian cloth painted with lime.There is a screened-in opening between the tip of the wall and the underside of the roof, which permits the free passage of air up under the roof and through the opening, which can be seen at the end of the wall immediately under the peak of the roof. The reconditioning of the building was done by the 504th Engineer Light Ponton Company and the inspection and conditioning of the air conditioning units was made vy the 628th Q.M. Ref. Co. under the direction of Lt. B. Zwerling, QMC, N.Y., N.Y.
CBI-44-23061 T/4 Leipnitz 11 July 1944
{Maj. H. E. Curtis, at desk, apparently clowning with some staff members}
CBI-44-22767
{Officer at a busy office}
NO OTHER INFORMATION
Officers and men gather around to watch the entertainment sponsored by a Special Service Unit during the celebration of the road break-through. Cpl. Raymond C. Hulse is giving out with an impersonation of "I'm an old barracks bag."
XX-LEDO-43-43476 Mar 10 1944
Processed by the 1st Sig. Mbl. Photo Lab Unit - Still Section - Rear Echelon, USAF-CBI
{Liaison plane takes off while work continues on the landing strip along Ledo Road}
XX-20010
Col. W. E. Hicks, C.O. of the 330 Eng. makes notes on the conditions of the Ledo Road causeway, which his outfit built.
CBI-44-23744 T4 Zimmerman 11 Oct 1944
164th Sig. Photo Det. A CONFIDENTIAL
Causeway on Ledo Road showing convoy of gravel trucks crossing causeway. It is 1 8/10 miles long and ranges up to 9 feet in height. Gravel truck convoys have priority over all other traffic, however, many other convoys get through each day.
CBI-44-23350 T/5 Adams 25 August 1944
Showing convoy of supplies and equipment crossing causeway on Ledo Road. An M.P. rides first vehicle in each convoy to enforce 5 mile per hour speed limit. Many convoys come and go each day. Causeway is 1 8/10 miles long and up to 9 feet in height.
CBI-44-23349 T/5 Adams 23 August 1944
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
Photo is side view showing Bungalow, lawn and garage occupied by Brig. Gen. Lewis A. Pick, commanding general Advance Section 3, when in Myitkyina.
CBI-44-24017 T/5 Adams 4 Nov 1944
164th Sig Photo Det "A"
{Fireplace in unknown location, possibly Pick's bungalow}
NO OTHER INFORMATION
{Gen. Pick points to Tingkawk on map apparently painted on wall at his headquarters. Other officer unidentified.}
CBI-44-22703
Truck convoy passing over one of the many H-20 bridges along the Ledo Road.
CBI-44-24399 T/5 Hansen 9 Dec 1944
164th Sig Photo Det "A"
Paoshan, China on Burma Road. The lead jeep in a Kunming-bound convoy is directed into the Motor Transport Service parking area at Paoshan, China at the 673 Kilo mark on Burma Road.
IBT-45-12083 T/4 Leipnitz 17 May 1945
{Trucks on reinforced section of Burma(?) Road}
NO OTHER INFORMATION
{Convoy crossing bridge. Chinese soldiers cross on foot.}
NO OTHER INFORMATION
{Convoy parking area. Although some public relations information brags "the trucks roll day and night," drivers had to sleep sometime and most of the road was too dangerous to drive at night.}
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{Convoy appears to be departing a parking area. Note tires in trucks right foreground}
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{Sign marks passing of first convoy at junction of Ledo and Burma Roads}
NO OTHER INFORMATION
"The first convoy over the “Ledo-Road” passed this point at 2:00 P.M. on 28th January, 1945, thus establishing a land link with China from India. The capture of Lashio by the Japanese had severed China from land communications with the outside world since May 1942. With the opening of this road, America is implimenting her promise made to China in the dark days of retreat, to give our allies the means to Victory."
Convoy waiting for OK signal to go forward at the 91 mile mark.
CBI-44-22077 Pvt. Kaner 24 April 1944
Short level stretch along the Ledo Road. Truck convoy of the 179th QM Bn.
CBI-44-24403 T/5 Hansen 9 Dec 1944
164th Sig Photo Det "A"
U.S. Army trucks roar along Ledo Road into Northern Burma day and night to keep supplies moving to the road construction units and to the fighting front. Here a convoy heads back to the base after unloading at an advance position.
XX-30040 T/4 Pease 30 March 1944
{Trucks on the road}
NO OTHER INFORMATION
Photographed going down a road near Shingbwiyang is a convoy of the 45th QM Truck Co. This convoy is making a run between Ledo and Warazup in Northern Burma, and is shown here at a stopping off place between these two bases. These convoys haul supplies to the bases to be used by the troops stationed there.
CBI-44-23676 T/4 Leipnitz 30 Sept 1944
{Truck maintenance along the Ledo Road}
CBI-44-23854
Pack animals of a Quartermaster Pack Company at mile 63 on the Ledo Road.
CBI-44-23704 Lt. R. Reis 10 May 1944
Thomas E. Carr, Columbus, Ohio, of the 612th E. A. Pack Bn. lights a cigarette when the outfit stops to rest. The mules are being marched, trucked, ferried and transported by train to Myitkyina, Burma. This was taken on the trail past Warazup.
CBI-44-23961 Lt. Mathews 25 Oct 1944
164th Sig Photo Det "A"
Light and medium tanks being convoyed up the Ledo Road by Chinese troops.
CBI-44-24425 Cpl. Goodman 8 Dec 1944
164th Sig Photo Det "A"
{Artillery pieces being convoyed up the Ledo Road.}
