A close-up of the boy in the paddy at the foot of our area, Yangkai, China 1944.

"Rice paddy at the foot of the hill from our barracks area, Yangkai, China 1944."

A B-25 gets work, most likely at Yangkai. During WWII.

Overview of the American airbase at Yangkai (Yangjie) during WWII. Frank Bates notes, "Looking west across the valley. The newest planes' tail numbers are 336 & 340 and piloted by Alexander & Brillhart. Yangkai Army Air Base, China, early 1944." The 22nd and 491st Bombardment Squadrons arrived in January 1944 and shared the base with the 373rd Bomb Squadron (B-24s)...

Ringer Squadron low-level bombing in French-Indo China, 1944.

Standing in front of B-25 #448 of the Ringer Squadron. China, July 1944. Earl E. Tweady, Donald H. Hunter, Robert Irwin, Francis E. Strohm, Shields, Kaysig (?), Bajokian, Beausoleil, rear left.

A B-25 bomber, tail #449, of the 491st Bombardment Squadron in flight on a mission.

Jim, Frank Bates, Alex, Jim, 1943, in the shade under a B-25. Note large bombs on ground near them.