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local people

Village elders holds child in Yangkai village.
Local school kids pose in courtyard of school in Yunnan province, China, during WWII, at the Songming County Xiaogu Central Elementary School (嵩明县效古中心小学校). A higher resolution version can be found here.
Villages threshing rice in the first village, on way to Yangkai, China 1944. During WWII.
A close-up of rice threshing from the first village on the way to Yangkai. During WWII.
The first village on the way to Yangkai, China 1944.
Chinese mess personnel at Yangkai: Lee & brother at the line mess, Yangkai, China July 1944. See related image here.
A close-up of the boy in the paddy at the foot of our area, Yangkai, China 1944.
"Rice paddy at the foot of the hill from our barracks area, Yangkai, China 1944."
Lengthening the E-W runway by 81 for B-29's, Chaukulia, India Dec 1943.