Chinese soldiers firing a machine gun at Japanese forces near Bhamo, Burma, 1945

Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. Chinese soldiers firing a machine gun from behind a low wall at Japanese forces. Official caption on front: "Chinese troops fire on Jap positions near Bhamo, 12-13-45. US Army Photo 175-15." Bhamo, Burma [modern-day Bhamo, Myanmar]. 13 December 1945

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12/13/1945
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This collection consists of approximately 1700 official military photographs that were reproduced by the Official Photos Company of Hollywood. Referred to as The War's Greatest Photographs, many of these photographs have been featured in magazines and books and many of the originals can be found in the United States National Archives and Records Administration. The images feature every theater and branch of the military in various campaigns and battles throughout World War II.
Geography: 
Bhamo
Latitude: 
24.250
Longitude: 
97.250
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Soldiers--Chinese-Burma
Machine guns--Chinese-Burma
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Burma
Machine guns--Chinese-Burma