Capt. Shelly A. Swift of Salt Lake City, Utah, American medical officer with the Mars Task Force, applies the theory that a little iodine goes a long way in treating infection of a Shan child during a lull in Burma Road fighting. |
Photographs, understandable the world over, are the center of interest as Pvt. Lewis R. Drew of Danville, Kan., shows his snapshot collection to hill-dwelling Kachins during a brief halt of the Mars Task Force, now battling to clear the Burma Road south of Wanting. |
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Lt. Gen. Dan I. Sultan, India-Burma Theater Commander, speaking at the ceremonies which marked the first convoy to China, at Wanting. His speech was translated into Chinese by Gen. Sun Li-jen, commander of the Chinese First Army, who stands at the right of Gen. Sultan. Behind and to the left of Gen. Sultan are Gens. Pick, Davidson and Chennault. Marshal Wei Li-Huang, commander of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, is behind and immediately to the right of Gen. Sultan. |
Brig. Gen. Lewis A. Pick, who led the first China convoy, speaks at the ceremonies which marked the arrival of the convoy at Kunming. His speech was translated by Col. Yee Fu-de, public relations officer of the Chinese First Army (right). |
DHOBI - A native jungle laundryman. Specifically the man who beats the buttons off G.I. shirts, brings them back with gaping holes and frequently, with fresh unaccountable stains and mysterious, irritating fruit-juice laundry marks which give the wearer "dhobi-itch." One who abuses clothes unnecessarily, washing those intended to be dry-cleaned and drying those which ought to be be washed. The man you see at roadside streams, flailing G.I. clothes against rocks. A flagellator of good garmets. Woodchoppers turned washermen. |
Here are two offspring of Maj. James G. Collins of NCAC Headquarters. The picture was sent in by Mrs. Collins. At left is Douglas, age two, and right, Skipper, age four. The picture was taken near their home in Rahway, N.J. The uniform material was sent from Burma. |