Nash

At a hardware stand, GI Fred Nash, with appreciative local people. Yangkai Village, Spring 1945.

These 491st Bomb Squadron maintenance personnel pose for a photo after preparing "Old 59" for its triumphant return to the USA. Wishing the plane a safe trip are Clayton E. "Fred" Nash, Wilbur Carter, Atkinson, Joseph A. Bicagalupo, Joseph F. Burns, Karl E. Hammett, center rear -- Frank Bates, William W. Byrant, Elmer M. Peterson, Arnold B. Christensen, Lloyd E...

"When this was taken the wind was blowing cold, some time last spring. The boy on the left, Butch, is from Woonsocket, and Nash is from Maine. Center: Frank Bates, China 1944."

Aircraft mechanics George Butsika, John Aspinwall, Clayton E. Nash, pose next to a B-25G of the 491st Bomb Squadron at Yangkai AB, China, shortly after the squadron arrived in January 1944. M/Sgt Aspinwall was the maintenance Line Chief, responsible for all 491st aircraft maintenance.

"Fred Nash, several miles south of Yangkai, in a group of burial mounds, just before having lunch. Spring, 1945."

Entrance to school in village 10 miles East of Yangkai, Spring 1945. Clayton E. Nash.

School courtyard from 3rd floor of pagoda. Spring 1945 on hike with Fred Nash near Yangkai, China.

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.