local people

Boats in a Kunming canal, where women appear to be fishing. These boats are also their homes. During WWII.

A Chinese woman and child start a fire next to a pipeline in which gasoline is flowing, 15 miles out of Kunming, next to the road to Chenggong (Chengkung). During WWII.

A very narrow main market street in a typical village near Kunming, Yunnan province. In addition to food stalls and other sellers, in this case a funeral activity (usually several days long) is being carried out in part in the street. During WWII.

Daughter of Lin Yutang, author of "The Importance of Living" with Captain Joe Marshall, working together in Kunming on a blood drive for Chinese soldiers. During WWII.

Chaplain Kelly and M. J. Hollman try out foot-powered water pump in a rice paddy in SW China during WWII, as members of farm family look on.

Farming in China. In the CBI.

Farming in China. In the CBI. Photo from Roland E. Speckman.

Chinese construction workers building an arched stone bridge in SW China during WWII. From George Pollock.

A worker has chopped elephant grand and bamboo, then carries the huge load through a stream to build bashas (huts) for allies, Kachin Rangers. Photo from Jim Fletcher.

GI horsemen in a benefit rodeo for a leper hospital, Karachi, India, 1943. In the CBI. Photo from William D. Bowman.