Kunming 昆明

Chinese farmers thresh grain in a small village between Yunnanyi and Kunming, during WWII. Photo from Beverly Hodges.

ATC C-46, tail number #112418, after it has crash, hitting Engineering Building at Kunming, China, in 1943. 308th Bombardment Group photo, provided by Robert L. Cowan.

GIs drink in a well-stocked "Club 11" in Kunming, China, in 1945, during WWII. Photo from Emory J. Wilcox (w/Merrill's Marauders).

Sunday morning R & R for Field Artillery Training Center, Hostel #9 at Kunming. 1944. Major Samuel W. David on right, Chinese nurse in the middle was attached to Center for Chinese troops. Photo from Samuel W. David.

Public wash stand in Kunming, Yunnan province, China, during WWII. Photo by A. H. Kitzerow, provided by Wilkinson.

Yunnan's Governor Lung exiting a limousine with Kunming's Mayor Pei, during WWII. Photo from George C. Pappas.

"Punishment-- Hung just so feet won't touch ground for 4 or 5 hours. Kunming, China, 1942." Photo from James "Jim" R. Wilkonson, 73rd Ordnance Co.

"Emerald Chicken" 碧鸡 and "Golden Horse" 金马 gates in Kunming during WWII, usually considered a pair: Golden Horse And Emerald Rooster Archway (金马碧鸡坊). In the CBI during WWII.

Birthday party in Kunming for T/Sgt. Syd Greenberg's 25th birthday, November 7, 1944. 164th Signal Photographic Company.

Appreciative American officers keep two ladies company (including Dorothy Yuen at center) at Hostel #10 Officer's Club, Kunming, 1945.