local people

People hang out near tower and stone inscription in Kunming city, Yunnan province, China, during WWII.

Scenes around Kunming city, Yunnan province, China, during WWII: Street corner with a stern traffic cop and the "Kunming Commercial Bank, Ltd."

Scenes around Kunming city, Yunnan province, China, during WWII: A beauty parlor.

Scenes around Kunming city, Yunnan province, China, during WWII: A street side stall.

Scenes around Kunming city, Yunnan province, China, during WWII: "HQ Kunming"

Scenes around Kunming city, Yunnan province, China, during WWII: Street and traffic police.

The town of Chin Chen Chiang with the straw huts. When the Japanese captured this city they burned these houses, causing one of the largest fires ever seen in China. Likely to be Guangxi province, or possibly Guizhou province. In the CBI during WWII.

September 30, 1944, in China during WWII: S/Sgt. Steve Wasylyshyn, 279 Garfield St., Johnstown, Pa., inspects jewelry an 82 year old Chinese woman has again brought out now that the Japanese have left her village. She explained that she hid them when the Japanese first came and has kept them that way through all of their occupation. Photo by Sgt...

September 27, 1944 During WWII, long view of the south station, Liuchow, China, showing refugees packed atop freight cars in their attempt to flee the Japanese drive on Kweilin (Guilin). Photo by Lt. N. J. Dain

Local people in Yunnan, China: Harvesting rice on wooden-wheeled carts during WWII.