The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: Part 1
Diary pages, draft letters, travel passes, and saved scraps of Chinese newsprint document the China-Burma-India Theater through the eyes of an officer working river and air freight logistics in Assam and Bengal. Together these papers trace the unglamorous supply work that kept Allied forces moving, and one veteran's uncertain path into postwar life.
Telephone Directory Cover, Office of the Director for Mutual Security, Executive Office of the President, March 1953
Telephone Directory Cover, Office of the Director for Mutual Security, Executive Office of the President, Washington, D.C.
Interior Page, Office of the Director for Mutual Security Telephone Directory, 'V' Listings, March 1953
Blank Kraft-Paper Cover of Spiral-Bound Notebook, Likely WWII CBI Personal Effects
Handwritten Diary/Log Page: River Steamer Movements, Inland Water Transport, Assam, India, March-April 1945
Handwritten Diary/Log Page: Steamer Rescue Operation and Continued River Passage, Assam-Bengal Waterways, 2-4 April 1945
Handwritten Diary/Log Page: Goalundo Arrival, Grounding Incident, and Continued Cargo Runs, 5-8 April 1945
Handwritten Diary/Log Page: Final Leg of River Voyage, Khulna to Calcutta, 9-12 April 1945
Handwritten Diary Page: Arrival at Camp Angus, News of FDR's Death, and Homeward Voyage Aboard USS General A.W. Greely, April-June 1945
Handwritten Diary Page: Atlantic Crossing and Return to the United States, June-July 1945
Handwritten Diary Page: Stateside Travel, Asheville Redistribution Station, and Reassignment to Oakland Army Base, July 1945-March 1946
Handwritten Diary Page: Postwar Assignment to the School for Government of Occupied Areas, Carlisle Barracks, March-August 1946
Handwritten Diary Page (Duplicate Scan): Stateside Travel, Asheville Redistribution Station, and Reassignment to Oakland Army Base, July 1945-March 1946
Handwritten Diary Page: Deployment to Occupied Japan -- Yokohama and Tokyo, August-September 1946
Handwritten Address Book Page: Personal Contacts in Washington, D.C. and San Francisco
Handwritten Address Book Page: River Freight and Kilburn & Co. Contacts, Assam, India
WWII CBI Theater Personal Notebook Page – Handwritten Contact List of Allied Officers (APO 466)
WWII CBI Theater Personal Notebook – Exterior Cover (Reddish-Brown Leatherette, Spiral Bound)
WWII CBI Theater Ephemera – Handwritten Note with Chinese Characters and English Annotations ('Mr Hwang')
WWII CBI Theater Ephemera – Handwritten Chinese Address for 'Mr Hwang' (Huang Tao Yeong), Sichuan/Chungking
Bhamo Gymkhana Club Monthly Bill – R. L. Vekroff, February 1942 (Pre-Invasion Burma)
Bhamo Gymkhana Club Monthly Bill – Full View with Signature and Date Block, 8 March 1942
Caption Card, Verso: 'Great Eastern Gate, Kunming' - Central Aircraft Mfg. Co., CBI Theater
WWII CBI Theater Ephemera – Chinese Name/Calling Card with English Pencil Annotation
WWII CBI Theater Ephemera – Handwritten Address Note for R. C. Peret, Los Gatos, California
Military Travel Pass – Lt. R. L. Vekroff, Neamati Ghat, No. 3 Movement Control Section (CBI Theater)
Reverse of Military Pass (Lt. R. L. Vekroff) – Handwritten Confucius Quotation
WWII/Postwar CBI Ephemera – Intercontinent Corporation Envelope (Bhamo, Burma) with Handwritten Chinese Glossary
Handwritten Correspondence, Headquarters Transportation Service, China-Burma-India Theater, 21 November 1944
WWII CBI Theater Correspondence – Handwritten Letter, Page 2, Transportation Corps Acting Director (Logistics/CWS Warehouse Incident)
Republic of China 10-Cent (??) Banknote, Central Bank of China, Year 29 (1940) – Sun Yat-sen Portrait, Torn Note
WWII CBI Theater Ephemera – Torn Fragment of Printed Chinese-Language Newsprint
Central Bank of China Ten Cents Banknote (Torn), WWII CBI Theater Souvenir
Fragment of Chinese-Character Document, China-Burma-India (CBI) Theater WWII Ephemera Collection
WWII Air Mail Cover Addressed to Lt. Ray Vekroff, CBI Theater SOS Transportation Officer, APO 466 -- February 1945
Chemins de Fer de l'Indochine (Indochina Railways) Ticket, Gia Lam, 10 June 1939
Personal Letter to Lt. R. L. Vekroff ('Vek') from 'Bob,' February 28, 1945 – CBI Theater River Transportation Unit Correspondence
Handwritten Draft Letter – CBI/China Veteran Discussing Reassignment and Postwar Shipping Career Prospects
Handwritten Draft Letter, Page 2 – Assistant Air Freight Officer at Chabua Air Base (Hump Airlift, CBI Theater)
Handwritten Draft Letter, Page 3 – Air Freight Command Experience and Transition to River Freight Operations (CBI Theater)
Handwritten Draft Letter, Page 4 – Career Narrative: Port Duty, Chabua Air Freight, and River Transportation Assignment
Handwritten Memoir Page Describing Cargo Command at Dibrugarh, Rangoon, and Bhamo, CBI Theater, WWII
Handwritten Draft Memoir Page, U.S. Army Transportation/Movement Control Officer, CBI Theater, WWII (Page 044)
Handwritten Draft Memoir Page, U.S. Army Transportation/Movement Control Officer, CBI Theater, WWII (Page 045) - Dibrugarh and Neamati River Port Operations
Handwritten Wartime Memoir Page: CBI Theater Supply Operations at Dibrugarh and Neamati, 1944
Handwritten Draft Memoir Page, U.S. Army Transportation/Movement Control Officer, CBI Theater, WWII (Page 047) - Life and Duty at Neamati River Port
