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Kunming 昆明

Squadron officers play cards at Tiger Den, Hostel #3, Kunming, on October 31, 1944.
11th Bomb Squadron (M) personnel on a B-25 bomber at Kunming, China. March 4, 1943. From John Chapman.
Busy street in Kunming during WWII, with GI taking it all in. Photo from R. Hermann.
Captured Japanese I97 fighter at Kunming, China, 1943. Photo from Beverly Hodges.
Purple Heart awarding ceremony. Squadron color guard in front of recipients of Purple Heart in the rear. Squadron CO, Major Bundy at left. At HQ compound for 14th Air Force. Near Kunming, China, in 1944. In the CBI.
Buddha in temple near Kunming during WWII. March, 1945.
The SOS (Service Of Supply) salvage yard at Kunming. Photo by Syd Greenberg.
Chinese crowds eagerly welcome the first US land convoy of supplies arrives in Yunnan province after completion of the Burma/Ledo/Stilwell road. In the CBI. By U. S. Army Signal Corps.
First convoy over the Ledo-Burma Road takes it easy en route to Kunming during WWII. Photo from Robert L. Cowan.
Street scene in Kunming, 1944. Photo possibly from Dardan Brown.