Party at Governor Lung's of Yunnan Province on December 16, 1944. Gen. Lu Han, Maj. Gen. Wedemeyer, and Gen. Kwan. Photo by Pfc. Thomas F. Melvin. Passed by censor William E. Whitten.

Mrs. R. J. Porter handing over Virginia Elizabeth Porter, as they arrive at APO 627's ARC Town Club, to ARC Gladys E. Wavrek, and Cpl. Theodore A. Kobel. Yunnan Province on December 15, 1944. Photo by Pfc. Thomas F. Melvin. Passed by Emanuel Goldberg.

Chinese candymaker at the Russian bakery offering some of the now locally manufactured candy which is soon to be sold in US Army Post Exchanges, at APO 627, to Maj. Robert E. Envell. Sitting by is MME Wei Chen-ko, wrapping the peanut candy. Yunnan Province on December 15, 1944. Photo by Pfc. Thomas F. Melvin. Passed by Emanuel Goldberg.

T/Sgt. Franklin E. Ditto, Sgt. Raymond F. Brunner, ARC civilian aide Lucy, and Cpl. Theodore A. Kobel play with Virginia Elizabeth Porter. Yunnan Province on December 15, 1944. Photo by Pfc. Thomas F. Melvin. Passed by Emanuel Goldberg.

Lt. Gen. Yung Li-teh, Aide-de-camp to governor Lung. Yunnan Province on December 13, 1944. Photo by Pfc. Thomas F. Melvin.

Sgt. Clifford A. Newell, Jr., in Kunming, China, on October 24, 1945. Sgt. Clifford A. Newell, Jr., was a member of the 69th Depot Repair Squadron (69th DRS), 301st Air Depot Group. Left for posting in CBI on February 27, 1945, arrived March 27, 1945. Departed for return to US on March 5, 1946, arriving March 20, 1946. During his...

Californians of the 425th Bomb Squadron and WASC record "Yanks In The Orient" for later transmission in the US. Kunming, China, November, 1944. M.C. was Lt. Bert Parks, later of post-war fame as the M. C. of the Miss America Pageant. Photo from Robert L. Cowan.

Radio station tents and towers, with antennas, at an American air base in WWII in Yunnan province, China.