local people

Religious services somewhere in the CBI, most likely in Yunnan province. A choir and chaplain use a truck as a handy mobile stage.

Ted Karczewski (??) with Chinese children somewhere in China. From the collection of Wozniak, combat photographer for the 491st Bomb Squadron, in the CBI.

FROM: PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICE CODE: 07111635-L FOURTEENTH AIR FORCE Release Upon Rept Cleared Goldberg USF CT CHINESE HELP PUT LIUCHOW BASE BACK INTO OPERATION FOURTEENTH AIR BASE HEADQUARTERS -- IN CHINA -- Chinese workers from Liuchow report to work at the former Fourteenth Air Force Base there, which the Japanese evacuated on 30 May. Japanese left the former American airbase...

FROM: PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICE CODE: 07111635-E FOURTEENTH AIR FORCE Release Upon Rept Cleared Goldberg USF CT CHINESE HELP REPAIR LIUCHOW AIRSTRIP FOURTEENTH AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS, IN CHINA-- When the Japanese left the former Fourteenth Air Force Base at Liuchow, they left it heavily mined and pockmarked with bomb craters. Workers set out to repair the damage, while engineers of the...

FROM: PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICE CODE: 07111635-D FOURTEENTH AIR FORCE Release Upon Rept Cleared Goldberg USF CT LIUCHOW WORKERS FOURTEENTH AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS, IN CHINA-- Workers from Liuchow help to repair the former Fourteenth Air Force base there after the Japanese evacuated 30 June. The Japs mined and damaged the strip. A team of Chinese workers clears dirt and rubble after...

A group of Americans and two Chinese prepare to sing off a sheet of paper into a microphone.

Three Chinese women wait for American servicemen to come pay for a dance at a dance hall in the CBI.

Workers in locally made hats and weather protection in China during WWII. These are most likely working on an American air base. Official Gov. Image.

American and Chinese men work together at a lathe. Image from U. S. Government official sources.

Chinese laborers working at an airbase somewhere in China. Image from U. S. Government official sources.