Pilot George Martin and his crew pose before a B-25-D during WWII. L-R: 1st Lt. George V. Martin (pilot), 1st Lt. Lincoln C. Vaughn (navigator), S/Sgt. Edward L. Biland (engineer, top turret), Sgt. Eugene B. Daws (radio operator, waist guns), and Edwin G. Hughes, Jr. (armorer, tail guns). 490th Bombardment Squadron. Spent time in Hanzhong (Hanchung), China, during WWII. The...

Main street leading to drum or bell tower in the city center at Hanzhong, during WWII.

The Qing Dynasty Catholic church St. Michael's Church in Hanzhong (Hanchung), during WWII (清汉中圣弥额尔天主堂).

The "Skull & Wings" insignia on plane's side near the nose indicates this parked B-25J Mitchell is assigned to 490th Bomb Squadron, 341st Bomb Group. The 490th had stayed in India, attached to Tenth Air Force, when 341st BG moved from to China in January 1944. With aerial combat finished in Burma, the 490th BS (attached to 312 Fighter Wing)...

Major Gen. Charles B. Stone salutes during an award ceremony during a visit to Yangkai on the August 29, 1945. A photographer stands on the far right. Yangkai, APO 212, during WWII.

GIs enjoying AAF Day celebrations, August 1, 1945, at Yangkai, APO 212, during WWII.

GIs enjoying AAF Day celebrations, August 1, 1945, at Yangkai, APO 212, during WWII.

GIs line up for food distributed by Chinese staff, while enjoying AAF Day celebrations, August 1, 1945, at Yangkai, APO 212, during WWII.