Sgt. George L. Kierstead
U.S. Army Air Force
Air Transport Command
China-Burma-India Theater
of World War II
Photographs shared by Paul Nash
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George L. Kierstead
Dog Tags (Name, Serial No., O=Blood type, P=Protestant Religion)
Air Corps Technical School Record (Aircraft Maintenance)
Commanding Officer
C-46 Commando being refueled
Refueling crew (Note truck cab: "Assam Air Depot - Chabua")
Mechanics service plane as Chinese soldier stands watch
C-46's and C-47's on the field
C-46 Commando Transport
Ready to unload
Unloading C-46
Unloading C-46
C-54 Skymaster "The Hump Express"
C-54 coming in
C-54 transport
Troops arriving Kunming
C-54 refueling
Abuzz with V-E Day news
V-E Day Bulletin Board
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Four GI's and a Chinese
Chinese Guards
GI's and Chinese guards
Chinese building
City Gate
George with Chinese father and child
Chinese soldier knitting as GI looks on
Chinese boy and baby
Chinese baby at Kunming
Chinese water boy
Chinese boy sleeping
Chinese farmer at Luliang
Chinese farmer at Luliang
Native of India with Ox Cart
Chinese Woman with Buffalo Cart
Chinese farmer
Chinese workers on Base
Chinese farmer and GI
Chinese with smoking pipe
Chinese farmer at Kunming
Chinese boy gives Japanese bomber a proper salute
Japanese bomber - Most likely Tachikawa Ki-74 (Pat/Patsy) long-range reconnaisaance bomber
Japanese bomber
GI Coffee Line
Colonel Foerster in chair
"Tiny" - One of the boys
China G.I. "holding up" pole
Chinese boats
Chinese boats
Chinese boats
Japanese (flags on wings) plane taking off
Wrecked Japanese fighter
Control Tower at Kunming
Passenger Terminal at 1340th Army Air Force Base Unit (AAFBU) Kunming
A.T.C. Passenger Service Desk
A.T.C. Priorities & Traffic Desk
Stacked duffle bags
Loading cases of rations
Unloading passengers
Unloading supplies
Night crew working on an engine
Anti-Aircraft Gun Emplacement
Burial service at wreck site
Burial service at wreck site
Army Nurse checks list of patients to be evacuated
Evacuating Patients
Evacuating Patients
Evacuating Patients
Evacuating Patients
Loading patient being evacuated
Loading patient being evacuated
Evacuees aboard plane
Record boarding Kunming
Unloading supplies
Unloading an engine
Storage Warehouse and Yard
Kunming street scene
Kunming street scene
Kunming street scene
Flood in Kunming
Flood in Kunming
Flood somewhere in China
Red Cross Coffee Line at 1340th AAFBU Operations Kunming
Unloading C-54
Curious Chinese
C-46 Landing
C-47 Skytrain in China
Passenger Terminal at Kunming
Supply Building
Bombed-out Bridge
C-46 Transport arrives
Chinese Market
Chinese Builders
Bomber coming home
Road to Runway at Kunming
Norwegian kids being evacuated
Chinese Children
Philippines horse cart
Philippines native
Philippines native
Philippines native
Philippine Farmer
View of Nanning after Japanese left
Awarding Ribbons
Awarding Ribbons
Sgt. George L. Kierstead
U.S. Army Air Force - Air Transport Command
China-Burma-India Theater of World War II
Photographs courtesy of Paul Nash
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