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local people

"Village a few miles south of Yangkai, the day of the mounds, Spring 1945." (Mounds refers to burial mounds Frank Bates and Fred Nash had come across on a hike.)
Three old men and a boy with new clothes, Yangkai Village, Spring 1945.
Rural farm people with their donkey cart. At the north end of the field, Yangkai, Spring 1944. During WWII.
Villagers do the chores on shore of village pond. Probably near Yangkai, 1945.
Village scene in China. Probably near Yangkai, 1945.
Chinese school room and pupils. "We couldn't get the teacher to pose." Frank Bates, Spring 1945.
Entrance to school in village 10 miles East of Yangkai, Spring 1945. Clayton E. Nash.
School kids in the school courtyard, with Fred Nash, 10 miles east of Yangkai, Spring of 1945.
Clayton E. "Fred" Nash at town hall, 10 miles east of Yangkai, Spring 1945.
Restaurant 10 miles east of Yangkai, Spring 1945. Clayton E. "Fred" Nash, holding carbine, does not quite blend in.