FLYING TIGER CBI VINTAGE WWII PHOTO ALBUM 53 PICTURES

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ATTENTION : Flying Tiger enthusiasts. And China Burma Theater Collectors. Up for your consideration for a NO RESERVE 7 day auction is a wonderful piece that I received from the estate of a career USAAF / USAF Officer. It is a original pictorial photographic history of the CBI. A Yanks Memories Of Calcutta . By Clyde Waddell. Introduction stating. This album is dedicated to all my fellow G I âe(tm)s who âeoe Sweated it out âeoe in the CBI theater. Known as the greatest city of Romantic India . Jewel of the east & the enigma of the world. Clyde Waddell who was a chief Photographer of the Houston press before entering the army. He was flown to the CBI in November of 1943 He was attached to the public relations staff of the south east Asia command, with express purpose of acting photographer for Supreme Commander Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten. Calcutta was Waddellâe(tm)s headquarters. From the day he landed he accompanied the âeoe Supremoâe throughout the Southeast Asia . Visiting battle- fronts, hospital stations & other strategic areas. He traveled on exciting assignments to the Burma front. The requests for his photographs became so numerous & response to the effort so enthusiast that he felt compelled to make this album. It contains 53 original inserted black & white 8 âeoe X 10 âeoe photographs of a complete overview of Calcutta. read more

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