The bus in the postcard is part of a fleet of WW2 Canadian built Chevrolet C-15s were brought over and used by the Americans, British and Allied forces during the Burma Campaign during World War Two. At the end of the war these military vehicles became much loved buses driving commuters around Yangon (formerly known as Rangoon) and were a common sight until they were phased out in 2012. The transition was part of the government’s plan to replace as many as 22,409 old cars and buses with salone, salane and zagwe license plates, some 5000 of which were in Yangon.
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