local people

A man poses with a chained monkey in India during WWII.

Kids in a small retail shop in China during WWII.

Local kids--with portions of food--in India during WWII.

A GI, David Firman, poses with a woman in India during WWII.

Working elephants in India during WWII.

From: Public Relations Office Fourteenth Air Force Code 07041420/J Release On Rcpt Cleared Goldberg USFCT -FIRST PICTURES FROM REOCCUPIED LIUCHOW AREA- Former Fourteenth Air Force Base Fourteenth Air Force Headquarters, In China-- This is the former Fourteenth Air Force base at Liuchow as Americans accompanying the Chinese Ground forces found it upon their arrival, after the Japanese had evacuated it...

American and Chinese servicemen exchanging a "Ding Hao" thumbs up with a young Chinese boy the CBI. The slogan on the wall behind refers to carrying out work in sanitation and health.

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