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GIs with beer can pyramid during WWII. Americans in the CBI. Probably India.

A tall westerner and Chinese partner riding mules in Yunnan during WWII.

An American photographer interact with local people in a village in Yunnan during WWII.

An American photographer interacts with local people in a village in Yunnan during WWII.

A photographer interacting in a village in Yunnan province. He's a corporal, so he hasn't been in the service very long. The pith helmet he's wearing is something GIs frequently bought in India on their way into China. The Speed Graphic he's shooting is a late model (earlier Graphics did not did not have the Military ID plate on the...

A photographer lets an old man try out his movie camera in the CBI. Hal Geer noted in 2008, "His A-2 flight jacket looks brand new and the leather flying cap did not arrive until late in 1945. So this is someone who just arrived in China. The camera is a late model Bell & Howell 16mm camera. You can...

An American photographer (left) talks to a civilian, probably also a photographer (right), at a market in a village in Yunnan province. Between the two men is a modified 35mm Bell 7 Howell Eyemo. It was modified to use 400 ft film magazines. The lens board up front is unique. This was possibly Chinese modification. The power cable is wrapped...

A young woman uses a wooden rod to husk rice in a large stone mortar. Local people in China, probably in Yunnan province. From the collection of Wozniak, combat photographer for the 491st Bomb Squadron, in the CBI.

Local people in China, probably in Yunnan province: Woman and child village.

Local people in China, probably in Yunnan province: A woman picking through grain by hand. From the collection of Wozniak, combat photographer for the 491st Bomb Squadron, in the CBI.