Ox cart in China during WWII.

An American B-25 bomber at Yangkai, Yunnan province, in motion, while another is parked to the right. During WWII.

A wonderful image from the Walter S. Polchlopek collection--a local crowd, probably in the county seat not far from Yangkai (Yangjie) air base in Yunnan province, China, enjoying the entertainment of inscrutable foreigners doing funny things in public, that is, they are enjoying the public goofing around by the photographer who is standing raised above the crowd, maybe simply on...

A captured Japanese A6M2 "Zeke", re-painted in Chinese Air Force (CAF) colors, with Chinese serial 'P5016'. The aircraft directly behind the 'Zeke' is a P-43 "Lancer" flown by the CAF. The aircraft are probably at Kunming--because of the 23 Fighter Group P-40 in the background on the right. (information provided by Tony Strotman)

A small altar and figure in Yunnan province, China, during WWII.

Local farm boy in Yunnan, China, during WWII.

A chamber (天王宝殿）in the Huating Temple (华亭寺), not far from Kunming, China. During WWII.

Top image (above) is the the village immediately adjacent to the former Yangkai airbase during our visit in February on 2016. The local people refer to the base by the name of the village, Longyuan (龙院), and not by Yangkai (or Yangjie in standard Mandarin; 羊街), which is a larger village some distance away. This village was heavily influenced by...