Paul G. Pennoyer photograph collection. 1943-1945.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Paul G. Pennoyer photograph collection. 1943-1945.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49012730

Contains the following type(s) of materials: photographs. Covers the following war(s) and/or time period(s): World War II (WWII). General description of the collection: The Paul G. Pennoyer photograph collection contains the photos he saved from his experiences in the China, Burma, India Theater (CBI) of World War II. He was in the Army Air Forces and constructed an oversize album for each of his two trips to the CBI; one in 1943 and one in 1944. The first album has several photos from each stop along the way, these being: Miami, Florida; Natal, Brazil; Accra, Gold Coast; Kano, Nigeria; Salala, Oman; Karachi, India; New Delhi; Old Delhi; Agra; Calcutta; Jorhat; Chabua; Ledo; Kunming, China; Yangkai; Chunking and Kweilin, China; Rangarh, Chakulkio and Gaya, India; and the return trip from Natal, Brazil to Miami. The second album shows more photos of the troops and United States (U.S.) and Allied camps along the Lebo Road, as well as, some views of London, Casablanca and Cairo on the way there. A folder of loose photos includes photos of sites in Indochina, General Claire Chennault, General Henry H. Arnold and General Glen Glenn, and of an Air Force celebration at Mitchel Field, New York in August of 1945.

2 boxes (528 photographs)

U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7601947

U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center

Related Entities

There are 4 Entities related to this resource.

Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gr7n7d (person)

Claire Lee Chennault (September 6, 1893 – July 27, 1958), sometimes known as Old Leatherface, was an American military aviator best known for his leadership of the "Flying Tigers" and the Republic of China Air Force in World War II. Chennault was a fierce advocate of "pursuit" or fighter-interceptor aircraft during the 1930s when the United States Army Air Corps was focused primarily on high-altitude bombardment. Chennault retired from the United States Army in 1937, and went to work as an av...

Arnold, Henry Harley, 1886-1950

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n699qb (person)

Henry Harley "Hap" Arnold (June 25, 1886 – January 15, 1950) was an American general officer holding the ranks of General of the Army and General of the Air Force. Arnold was an aviation pioneer, Chief of the Air Corps (1938–1941), Commanding General of the U.S. Army Air Forces, the only U.S. Air Force general to hold five-star rank, and the only officer to hold a five-star rank in two different U.S. military services. Arnold was also the founder of Project RAND, which evolved into one of the wo...

Pennoyer, Paul G., 1920-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bg33j9 (person)

1st Lieutenant, 305th Field Artillery Regiment, Artillery Information Service, 1918-1919. Major, U.S. Army Air Staff, 1942. Lieutenant Colonel, War Dept., General Staff, Operations Division, Joint War Plans Committee, Asiatic Section, 1943. Discharged from the Officers Reserve Corps and the U.S. Army with the rank of Colonel, 1951. From the description of The Paul G. Pennoyer papers, 1918-1951. (US Army, Mil Hist Institute). WorldCat record id: 23084477 ...

Glenn, Glen

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xw508n (person)