| Yunnan Province 云南省

American and Chinese servicemen exchanging a "Ding Hao" thumbs up with a young Chinese boy the CBI. The slogan on the wall behind refers to carrying out work in sanitation and health.

Americans and Chinese in the CBI in front of wall covered in propaganda. During WWII.

Base personnel inspect a water pump near an American base in Yunnan Province, China, during WWII.

A tall westerner and Chinese partner riding mules in Yunnan during WWII.

An American photographer interact with local people in a village in Yunnan during WWII.

An American photographer interacts with local people in a village in Yunnan during WWII.

A photographer interacting in a village in Yunnan province. He's a corporal, so he hasn't been in the service very long. The pith helmet he's wearing is something GIs frequently bought in India on their way into China. The Speed Graphic he's shooting is a late model (earlier Graphics did not did not have the Military ID plate on the...

A photographer lets an old man try out his movie camera in the CBI. Hal Geer noted in 2008, "His A-2 flight jacket looks brand new and the leather flying cap did not arrive until late in 1945. So this is someone who just arrived in China. The camera is a late model Bell & Howell 16mm camera. You can...

An American photographer (left) talks to a civilian, probably also a photographer (right), at a market in a village in Yunnan province. Between the two men is a modified 35mm Bell 7 Howell Eyemo. It was modified to use 400 ft film magazines. The lens board up front is unique. This was possibly Chinese modification. The power cable is wrapped...

A photographer walking the paths of a village in Yunnan province stops to engage a Chinese soldier. Hal Geer relates, "The tripod under his arm was the usual GI tripod that was issued with a Speed Graphic. I never knew anyone who bothered to use it. His camera looks a 35mm camera or an Eastman Medalist that shot 620 roll...