"Proud of Our Work On This Aircraft--Bukey and Miller pose for a photo in front of Casey Vincents B-25 The Silver Slipper at Kwelin [Guilin], China." Caption courtesy of Elmer Bukey.

Elmer Bukey posing alongside a salvaged P-40 in the service area at Guilin. During WWII.

"We had many night-time visits from the Japanese and when that happened we headed for the caves around our hostel areas. This picture was taken from inside one of those caves overlooking the 396th hostel area. Needless to say this picture was not taken during an air raid but by someone that wanted to see what the area looked like...

"From The looks Of The Crowd Nick Vassello Has In Front Of His Tent He Must Be Giving Something Away."

Wreckage after horrific crash in which numerous American crew, Chinese passengers, and Chinese laborers on the ground, were killed and burned, the accident apparently happening in close proximity to the airfield/runway. During WWII.

A B-24 under maintenance by 396th Air Service Squadron during WWII, in China.

"Here is a picture of a great bunch of guys. I will name those that I can starting with the two guys in front and working up left to right.... Chuck Hawkins...Rizzo...Zabecki...Martinez...Krewitz...Bell..Weidenbrener...Bensinger...Kennedy...Wozniak...Larry Hawkins...Ondira...Tevald..Besson...Wander...Wiley...Kelley...Brantl...Anderson...Blaske."

"Gas was flown in by 55 gallon drums and then transferred to the gas truck and from there to the planes. It was a miracle that we didn't have more problems than we did because as you can see there was no such thing as a filtering system.The system did work though."