Ammunition prepared at U.S. air base for parachuting to Chinese troops. A. U.S.

Ammunition prepared at U.S. air base for parachuting to Chinese troops. A. U.S. solder (right, center) supervises Chinese workers rigging parachutes on boxes of ammunition to be dropped by C-47 cargo planes to Chinese front line troops in the Hengyang area of Hunan Province. Food and medical supplies are also flown to the Chinese by the 14th U.S. Air Force from an advanced base. In tactical support of Chinese ground forces, fighter bombers of the 14th Air Force are attacking Japanese supply and troop movements. NI 9245