China, soldiers in Shanghai preparing to sort through piles of military equipment during Civil War of 1949

Nationalists' flight from the mainland called Shanghai's 'Dunkirk' May 25, 1949. Civil War, 1945-1949. Post W.W.II4. Long neglected piles of American manufactured equipment suddenly come into the limelight of the importance created by scarcity and emergency. Here at the Shanghai docks replacement parts are sorted preparatory to loading the more vital parts aboard ships bound for Formosa. Red planes flew over from time to time and strafed the area. (The Reds flew American-built planes.) Operation Dunkirk Shanghai. Forman 2423GrayscaleForman Nitrate Negatives, Box 1