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






Partisans Kill Mussolini    Hitler Dead    Berlin Falls    Germany Surrenders






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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