Chaplain Dwayne H. Mengel conducts a temporary military burial in Yunnan, China. The 308th took heavy casualties, and one of the Chaplain's duties included burying recovered bodies in local graves until they could be repatriated after the war.

Flyer Walter Wegner poses with B-25J-185-CO bomber "Rangoon Rangler," serial #44-40857. 10th Air Force, 7th Bombardment Group, 9th Bombardment Squadron. The starboard side of the aircraft has "Cactus Kid" artwork. During WWII.

Flyers pose on port side of B-24J bomber "Rangoon Rangler" serial #44-40857 with "Cactus Kid" art work. 10th Air Force, 7th Bombardment Group, 9th Bombardment Squadron. Walter Wegner on far left. S/Sgt. Stanley Berman on far right. During WWII.

Personnel of the 9th Bombardment Squadron, 7th Bombardment Group, 10th Air Force, pose covering a B-24 bomber in 1945, during WWII.

Crew of B-24 bomber of the 9th Bombardment Squadron, 7th Bombardment Group, 10th Air Force, pose with their B-24 bomber during WWII. Back row L-R: Cpl. Martin H. McGuffin (Gunner), Cpl. Thomas Carroll (Gunner), Cpl. Leonard J. Lueken (Radar Operator), S/Sgt. Harry Russell (top turret gunner), S/Sgt. Stanley Berman (Engineer), S/Sgt. Wayne "Jughead" Shirley (nose gunner) Front L-R: Lt. Virgil...

Walter L. Wegner, cigar in mouth, with children in SW China during WWII.

Flyers and staff pose before 373rd Bombardment Squadron offices in China during WWII.

Richard "Dick" Harris in service in Lewiston, Idaho, in 1942. Hand colored image. From February to October 1945, Richard Daniel Harris flew C-46 military transport aircraft between India and China through the Himalayas in support of the war effort against Japan, carrying every kind of material or personnel over "the Hump." Only a young man only in his early twenties...