341st Bombardment Group

The boys hanging out in the CBI, most likely Yangkai.

Jay Rosencrantz digging a trench in the CBI, likely in SW China.

Nash (far left) and Nick Arico (third from left) and others, and the snake, at Luichow, Oct 1944.

An American B-25 Mitchell parked in the CBI.

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Local people in and around the village of Yangkai, China in the CBI. During WWII.

Chinese and American nursing staff in the CBI, probably at Yangkai.

Chinese officers giving an impassioned speech in the CBI. Note the GIs operating the PA system on the ground towards the right. (Images provided via Tony Strotman)

An American serviceman at Yangkai, during WWII.

An American explores a village, probably at Yangkai, during WWII.