Photograph of a military airplane from the 1894 Aviation Engineer Battalion parked on a runway in a field behind a temporary hanger made from wood. In the foreground are two tents and field of tall grass.

Photograph of a large group of soldiers returning to the United States in late 1946 from the China-Burma-India Theater. They are leaning over the side of troopship U.S.S. General William Weigel (AP-119).

Photograph of soldiers returning to the U.S. in late 1946 from the China-Burma-India Theater aboard the U.S.S. General William Wiegel (AP-119). The soldiers are standing crowded together behind the railing of the second story of the ship with two men standing on the top step of the stairs down.

Photograph of soldiers returning to the U.S. in late 1946 from the China-Burma-India Theater aboard the U.S.S. General William Wiegel (AP-119). The soldiers are crowded together looking over the side of the ship.

Photograph of a section of Yellow Beach, Okinawa, Japan covered in wooden cargo crates and longshoremen sorting through cargo. A water tower is visible in the background.

Photograph of 5 longshoremen aboard an unknown ship transferring cargo at Naha Port, Okinawa.

Photograph of military service members from the 1894 Aviation Engineer Battalion moving equipment using a crane. One service member is positioned in front of a tire with their back to the camera. In the distance, a group of service members stand off the to the right of the crane's arm.

Photograph of a six-piece band playing at an Acorn (military air base) 39 party. Pictured seated from left to right is a saxophone player, a trumpet player, and a guitarist all sitting in front of a drummer and a double bass player standing behind the seated players. Behind them, a piano can be see with the hat of the piano player visible over the top of the piano.

Photograph of 1894th Aviation Engineer Battalion members in full uniform in two rows in front of tents.

Aerial photograph of work convoy in an unknown location on a dirt road surrounded by trees, a water way on the left side with two bridges.

Photograph of servicemen playing basketball in a Quonset hut. The men are wearing shorts and some are wearing t-shirts or tank tops. A group of men is on the left with two of them suspended in the air with the basketball, and two men are on the right side. The photograph focuses on the game in action. Service members can be seen sitting along the walls of the hut observing the game.

Photograph of boats anchored offshore and a dock to the right in an unknown location.

Photograph of construction equipment and facilities in an unknown location with two men standing center with backs to the camera. There is a mountain range in the background and many powerlines overhead.

Photograph of construction equipment and facilities with 3 men on the left side.

Photograph of an engineer inspecting equipment. He is turned toward a large drum caked with mud and wearing a cap and no shirt.

Photograph of an engineer operating a bulldozer and clearing a field in an unknown location.

Photograph of an engineer working on fuel tank, wreckage can be seen strewn about, and a machine of some sort sits on the right mostly out of frame.

Photograph of two engineers sitting inside a machine clearing field in unknown location. The number 7 is displayed on the back of the machine.

Photograph of engineers standing on barrels while constructing fuel tanks, 1 on the left and 2 on the right.

Photograph of 3 engineers working to construct a Quonset hut. Two are working on the left side of the hut while one engineer sits on top of it.

Photograph of engineers digging a trench, one stands above the trench on the left while the rest of the men stand in it.

Photograph of engineers laying pipe in an unknown field. Four soldiers are clustered around a piece of pipe lying in a field of tall plants. Two soldiers are standing and two are bending over the pipe laid on the ground.

Photograph of engineers operating equipment in an unknown quarry, the closet is crouched down with his back to the camera with another standing over his left shoulder and more in the distance.

Photograph of a group of servicemen paving road or runway on the left with nothing but gravel rocks and single barrel on the right-side of the image.