Douglas Runk (center) and two other GIs at an American tent camp on Burma Road in the Xiaguan/Dali area, near the outlet to Erhai Lake. During WWII. See overview of camp here.

American tent camp on Burma Road in the Xiaguan/Dali area, with Erhai Lake in the background. During WWII.

Douglas Runk (right) and another GI at an American tent camp on Burma Road in the Xiaguan/Dali area, near the outlet to Erhai Lake. During WWII. See overview of camp here.

Douglas Runk (right) and another GI at an American tent camp on Burma Road in the Xiaguan/Dali area, near the outlet to Erhai Lake. During WWII. See overview of camp here.

Chinese pedestrians cross arched stone bridge in SW China during WWII.

A pass for Douglas J. Runk to be absent from the 27th Field Hospital (where he had been recuperating from illness) to visit the city of Kweiyang (Guiyang), China. During WWII.

Nationalist troops and guard booths outside pagoda in Dali, Yunnan province, China, during WWII. This is one of three pagodas within a single walled compound. The compound a had been appropriated for use by Nationalist troops. Later, after the communist revolution, the compound was also used by troops, but by PLA troops. See the whole compound and all three pagodas...

Pagoda in Dali, Yunnan province, China, during WWII. This is one of three pagodas within a single walled compound. The compound a had been appropriated for use by Nationalist troops. Later, after the communist revolution, the compound was also used by troops, but by PLA troops. See the whole compound and all three pagodas here.