Hal Geer working with a movie camera in the CBI. Upon seeing this image in 2008, Hal responded: "This picture is a total surprise. The camera is a Wahl single system sound camera that arrived in China late in 1944. The sound amplifier is not along side it, so I assume I was just shooting some test footage. The camera...

A rural village near the American base at Yangkai, Yunnan province, in the CBI.

A rural village near the American base at Yangkai, Yunnan province, in the CBI.

Women wash clothing in a rural village near the American base at Yangkai, Yunnan province, in the CBI.

A rural Chinese village near the American base at Yangkai, Yunnan province, in the CBI.

A foot stall near a rural village near the American base at Yangkai, Yunnan province, in the CBI.

American GIs at Yangkai base in Yunnan province in the CBI walk on the road. During WWII.

S/Sgt Wilbert 'Willie' Beausoliel, aircraft mechanic with the 491st Bombardment Squadron, Yangkai, posing with B-25 tail #448 about June 1944. (Info courtesy Tony Strotman)