Yangkai (Yangjie) 羊街

Making cornmeal or rice flour Probably Yangkai Village, Spring 1945. Clayton E. Nash.

Elmer, Pete, Rex in B-25 of Ringer Squadron at Yangkai, 1944.

John Carberry and Claude Darni in front of B-25 and holding rifles in Yangkai, Spring 1944.

Capt. James Stewart and Lt. Alex LeVay bracket five members of USO Tour Group at Yangkai, Oct 1944. Recognizable are Betty Colby and Pat O'Brien. From the collection of Frank Bates.

A close-up of rice threshing from the first village on the way to Yangkai. During WWII.

"With Chinese Military Guard Standing Close By, Ground Crew Of The 14Th Air Force Work On A North American B-25, Preparing It For Another Raid On Enemy Installations." This is likely B-25D-15, #41-30381, assigned to the 491BS/341BG while the unit was stationed at Chakulia. A ground crew of the 341st Bombardment Group does maintenance to the tail gunner position on...

Flyers with 22nd Bombardment Squadron B-25H Mitchell bomber at Yang Chiseh Airfield, Yangkai, Yunnan Province, China in February or March 1944, during WWII. Rear: Bob Selmer, David Hayward. Front: George Scearce (right). [Note: the B-25H only has two .50 caliber machine guns, in addition to the 75mm cannon, installed in the nose versus the normal four. This was due weight...

Barracks area at Yangkai, Yunnan, China, during WWII.

Major Gen. Charles B. Stone salutes during an award ceremony during a visit to Yangkai on the August 29, 1945. A photographer stands on the far right. Yangkai, APO 212, during WWII.

Major Gen. Charles B. Stone, and another officer, riding a 341st Bomb Group, 14th Air Force, jeep during a visit to Yangkai on the August 29, 1945. The jeep has stenciled "Chabua" (India), however groups and materials moved around, so it is not surprising to see this jeep in China, especially by the summer of 1945. Yangkai, APO 212, during...