local people

Fishing in Guangxi with GIs look on. During WWII.

Pumping water into rice fields in Guangxi province with a "devil-wheel".

Probably a local boy in China, holding a small animal. During WWII.

Laborers breaking stone by hand tools in southwest China or Burma, during WWII.

An American soldier walks in a quiet courtyard somewhere in Guizhou province, probably Anshun city or Guiyang (Kweiyang) city. Since Guiyang was the capital of Guizhou, Americans often used that name for the whole province.

A western family on a barge in a river in Guangxi province, probably near Liuzhou city or Guilin city. Selig Seidler was a member of the 16th Combat Camera Unit in the CBI during WWII.

Planting rice in southwest China, with karst mountains in the background, near an American base. During WWII.

Four American GIs pose at "Chang-yi" air base, in Yunna, China, during WWII.

A Chinese laborer hauling logs in Guangxi province in southwest China, during WWII, in 1945.

Laborer at an American air base carrying pails--they may not have smelled nice--in the CBI.