Yunnanyi 云南驿

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

Village street in Yunnanyi, China, during WWII, with gate having a sign for Shanghai Man Hairstyling (上海男美发室), and the Almond Flower Tea Room (杏花茶室）in the shadow on the right. 1944.

Wiltshire and crew in the radio room at Yunnanyi. 27th Troop Carrier Squadron.

Homeward bound...through open door (which has been removed to facilitate unloading cargo on air dropping mission over front lines) crew look on mountainous terrain and rice paddies enroute to base at Yunnanyi, China. Photo by T/4 Clayton, 21 June 1944

Due to the urgent need for reserve troops in the Lungling offensive, Chinese troops of the 200th Div., Chinese 5th Army, board a C-47 plane enroute to Paoshan (Baoshan). Yunnanyi, China. 9/15/44 Signal Corps Photo #CBI-44-60297 (Sgt. Wm. J. Randolph), from 164 Sign Photo Co.

Troops of the 200th Div., Chinese 5th Army, wait at the loading point of the Yunnanyi airbase, China, in preparation for the air trip in C-47's to Paoshan (Baoshan). 9/15/44 Signal Corps Photo #CBI-44-50292 (Tec 4 George Clayton), from 164 Sign Photo Co.

An American GI poses in a gateway at Yunnanyi, China, during WWII, in 1944.

"'Giggles,' our houseboy in Yunnanyi." (Yunnan, China). During WWII.

Two American fighter planes, apparently P-51s, collided on a runway at Yunnanyi, China, during WWII, in 1944.