Yangkai (Yangjie) 羊街

Village scene in China. Probably near Yangkai, 1945.

Clayton E. "Fred" Nash at town hall, 10 miles east of Yangkai, Spring 1945.

Restaurant 10 miles east of Yangkai, Spring 1945. Clayton E. "Fred" Nash, holding carbine, does not quite blend in.

There were no hangars at Yangkai AB, nor any airbase in China. This required all aircraft maintenance to be performed in the open, regardless of weather conditions. These 491st Bomb Squadron mechanics are changing engines on squadron aircraft #444, "Shark Mouth", in the spring of 1944. Frenchy Beaudetter, George Butsika, John Burns, John Aspinwall, Karl Hammett, Frank Bert, Frank Bates...

Gas detail, Yangkai 1945. Unknown, Peterson, Brillhart, unknown, Bertani, unknown, Alelunas, Schumaier,Baker, Big Chris, Myers, Kealy, Desmond, Hill, Keiser, Aspinwall, Hammett,Carter, Puloski.

Gas detail, Yangkai, 1945 Puloski, Baker, Christensen, Hill, Carter, Hammett, Aspinwall, Desmond, Kealy, Myers, unknown, Peterson, unknown, Brillhart, Bertani, Alelunas, Schumaier.

Gas detail at Yangkai, 1945 Grady Dawkins, Chuck Alelunas, Meyers, Baker, Big Chris, Kealy, Schumaier,Desmond, Hill, Keiser, Aspinwall, Puloski, Hammett, Carter.

Yangkai, China, Early 1945. Front ?Lecher, Schmidt, Clark, Penny, Routon. Rear ?Bryan, Gornick, Gebhardt, Williams, Vollmer, Arndt.

At the line mess hall, Yangkai 1944. Frank Bates, Leo Lacher, Lee & his brother. See related image here.

At the hardware stand, GI Fred Nash, with appreciative local people. Yangkai Village, Spring 1945.