Tiny Last Resort logo ARC Canteen, Yangkai, China;   '44-'45
Images from Veterans of the USAAF in the CBI; page 2

"Preserving the Memory of their Sacrifices!"


Many of these photos were not annotated, so we did the best we could.   If you can provide
more accurate information PLEASE email us!  Click on any image to view a larger version!
Lt Russ Wright, navigator, 373rd Bm Sq
Lt Leon 'Russ' Wright, again. A navigator, 373rd Bm Sq., Russ was instrumental in getting many men of the 373rd to help build the clay tennis court for the rec center.   And, we are told, spent a lot of non-flying time playing tennis!
(From the 'CBI' collection of Barbara Vatter & Robert Pettingell
- A.R.C. / 491st Bomb Squadron.   Courtesy of their son, Rob.)


Babs Vatter playing tennis
And what is a "recreation center" supposed to provide?   Recreation, of course!   Here Barbara Vatter demonstrates her tennis skills on that 'clay court' the men built.
(From the 'CBI' collection of Barbara Vatter & Robert Pettingell
- A.R.C. / 491st Bomb Squadron.   Courtesy of their son, Rob.)


'Boots' Vatter
Barbara Vatter, A.R.C. nurse, a.k.a. "Boots".
(From the 'CBI' collection of Barbara Vatter & Robert Pettingell
- A.R.C. / 491st Bomb Squadron.   Courtesy of their son, Rob.)



Eileen Denny, American Red Cross worker, Yangkai China, 1944-1945.
(Courtesy of Francis E. 'Ed' Strotman collection - 491st Bomb Squadron)


Eileen Denney and another ARC lady, with Yangkai villagers and an unidentified serviceman.
(Courtesy of Francis E. 'Ed' Strotman collection - 491st Bomb Squadron)


An A.R.C. nurse perched atop an unusual 'park bench.'   Ed had failed to note this one but we believe it might be Phyllis Dolloff.
(Courtesy of Francis E. 'Ed' Strotman collection - 491st Bomb Squadron)

Phyllis Dolloff, A.R.C. nurse, yangkai, China
We know this is Phyllis Dolloff, because 'Boots' Vatter was her roommate in 'C-1' barracks, and she says it is so!
(From the 'CBI' collection of Barbara Vatter & Robert Pettingell
- A.R.C. / 491st Bomb Squadron.   Courtesy of their son, Rob.)


l-r; Phylliss Dolloff, SSgt Robert Thompson, Amamh 'Matilda' and 'Babs' Vatter Looks like the ladies got a little 'technical help' with their laundry from S/Sgt Robert C. Thompson, engineer-gunner with the 491st Bm Sq.   Phyllis Dollof on the left, Barbara Vatter on the right, and the lady in the middle is Amah, nicknamed "Matilda."
(From the 'CBI' collection of Barbara Vatter & Robert Pettingell
- A.R.C. / 491st Bomb Squadron.   Courtesy of their son, Rob.)


SSgt Bob Ayala, 490th BS, Barbara Vater, A.R.C., hunting
'Boots' Vatter and SSgt Robert Ayala, 490th BS, appear to be taking a break while on a hunting trip.   We're not sure hunting was sponsored by the 'rec center', but it is recreational!
(From the 'CBI' collection of Barbara Vatter & Robert Pettingell
- A.R.C. / 491st Bomb Squadron.   Courtesy of their son, Rob.)




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