Luliang 陆良县

Lt. Joseph S. Pesek, 396th Air Service Squadron, 12th Air Service Group. Photo from December 1, 1943, Keesler Air Force Base. Lt. Col. Joseph Pesek, USAF, (Retired) was born on January 14, 1918 in Auburn, NY. On December 5, 1936, he enlisted in the Army 28th Infantry, Fort Ontario. "The people I talked to at the gas station where I...

Mechanics pose with 373rd Bombardment Squadron HQ sign, presumably at Luliang air base, Yunnan, China. During WWII.

Sgt. Vern P. Martin posing with helmet and carbine in China during WWII. In China, mostly 1944, at only two postings, Luliang and Chenggong, near Kunming. In service period from November 6, 1942 to January 18, 1946. He was a member of 308th Heavy Bomb Group of the 14th Air force, serving in China during 1943 & 1944 "as a...

Chinese laborers working at the base at Luliang. During WWII.

Four GIs pose in Luliang before P-61 "Howe's About It." Henry Weiss, Tec 4, 219th Signal Depot Company, standing on the far right. During WWII.

Henry Weiss of Brooklyn, NY; Tec 4, 219th Signal Depot Company, 931st Signal Battalion (Avn) (Sp), standing before a bulletin board at Tollygunge, India, during WWII. In October 1943, the 219th Signal Depot Co. arrived and received assignment in signal depots in the CBI. The 219th was stationed at Tollygunge, India, near Calcutta, for a time, and also in Burma...

An American transport plane over a base in China during WWII, either Luliang or Yangkai.

Luliang (China), Bert Krawczyk and a young boy at the air base at Luliang, ca. 1943-1945: "Bert Krawczyk at Luliang in Yunnan Province, China. This young Chinese boy was part of the thousands of local people from the town and surrounding area that worked at the air base. The Operations building to the left was constructed by the Chinese of...

Yunnan (China), three young men employed as housekeepers and launderers sitting with Bert Krawczyk: "These are three houseboys from the airbase at Luliang. Houseboys were provided by the Chinese government under a reverse lend-lease program. The China War Area Service Command administered the program. This command was set up by Madame Chiang Kai-Shek to take care of the food and...

The bridge at Luliang with high water after the rain. During WWI, 1944. "Luliang (China), vendors on a stone bridge spanning the high water of Nanpan river: A river near Luliang, where in the spring of the year, it became quite high. The arch of this stone constructed bridge forms an almost perfect semi-circle reflection of the river water. [Vendors]...