Middle Eastern Theatre of Operations

This WC-57 belonged to the ATC (Air Transportation Command) 

based at Muharraq,  Bahrain, 1943. The caption reads:

"Ancients Piled Coral Sand to Build Bahrain's Prehistoric Tumuli.
Thousands of such artificial mounds dot the depression 

near air-conditioned quarters at Awali. Some of them are 

probably 4,000 years old, but who built them is still a mystery."

(National Geographic Magazine)

This photo is from the website, " Marshall Stelzriede's Wartime 

Story - Experiences of a B-17 Navagator". The photo was taken

 in Iran in the Caucasus Mountains in March of 1944 of 

members of the 27th Air Transport Group, 87th Squadron.

Note this command car bears the name  'AMERICA'.