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Chanyi 沾益 Zhanyi

Also sometimes Chang-yi.

A funeral procession in China during WWII, with musicians and mourners. The large placard being carried says 福寿无疆, something like Limitless Good Life.
View of the American base at Chanyi, in Yunnan, China, during WWII. Note the basketball court and people on it.
A Chinese representative of the Air Transport Office of the SYEHA WTB presents a picture to commemorate the 38th anniversary of the USAAF to an officer of the ATC at Chanyi, China. During WWII.
Men at the door of a small store in Yunnan, China, possibly near an American base at Luliang or Chanyi (Zhanyi). During WWII.
23rd Fighter Control Squadron buildings, surround by bomb barriers, at an American air base in WWII in Yunnan province, China. This is most likely at Chanyi (Zhanyi).
Our project purchased a collection of images and a large number of unknown negatives from a dealer who had found them at an auction, and was uncertain what they contained. In the end there were over 500 images from the CBI, most in China, many in Yunnan province, probably at the Luliang air base and some at Chanyi (Zhanyi), a...
Among the images collected by the editors of Ex-CBI Roundup (through reader submission), and shared with the Remembering Shared Honor project, were a series of images provided by Dorothy Yuen Leuba (seen in image above, taken during her time in China during the war). Because of her travels over an extended time in China, her photos include a sprinkling of...
American personnel boost their morale by holding a Chariot Race. As marked on the photo, the contest was held on 28 Jan 1945 at Chanyi, China. Taken by photographer of 16th Combat Camera Unit. http://usaaf-in-cbi.com/16th_ccu/index.html (Scan of Official USAAF image from National Archives and Records Administration)
Probably a local boy in China, holding a small animal. During WWII.
Four American GIs pose at "Chang-yi" air base, in Yunna, China, during WWII.