Nose art on a Consolidated B-24 bomber, of a buxom woman on the telephone. During WWII in China.

Adobe back wall of a large building. Local scenes and local people in Yunnan province, China, most likely around the Luliang air base area.

Local scenes and local people in Yunnan province, China, most likely around the Luliang air base area. A local street in a village or town near the American air base. The sign on the building on the right advertises a tea house 天天有茶社.

Wall and gate of Chenggong, on the road to Camp Schiel and near the American base at Chenggong, during WWII, March 1945. Yunnan, China. In the CBI during WWII.

A city wall with gate and local people in Yunnan province, China. This is similar to the wall and gate at Chenggong, but not identical... it may be another gate at Chenggong. Views out from inside the gate here and here.

Ornate whitewashed gate at a village in Yunnan, probably Yangkai. Architecture in Yunnan province, China.

A section of city wall and gate to Chenggong (Chengkung), possibly going back to the final days of the Ming Dynasty, 400 years before. Two Chinese men carry a wealthy Chinese merchant on a “hua-gan" (滑竿) pole chair. Image courtesy of Tony Strotman.

Local people and a whitewashed gate in Luliang, Yunnan province, China. During WWII.