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B-29 bomber "Miss Shorty" at American base in China, during WWII.

Honorable discharge record for M/Sgt. Elmer Bukey, for January 9, 1946.

"The Adopted One--This Is A Group Of The 396th Guys Having Their Picture Taken With A Small Chinese Boy That We Adopted As A Mascot. " Caption courtesy of Elmer Bukey.

"More Salvage Work--The Three "R"'s Rodriguez, Reese, and Rutter Goofing Off To Have Their Picture Taken While Salvaging A B-25 At Liangshan, China."Caption courtesy of Elmer Bukey.

A GI stands in a doorway of a building in China during WWII.

"What One Small Fragmentation Bomb Could Do--This B-24 was hit with one small fragmentation bomb during one of the nightly air raids at Luichow [Liuzhou], China.This particular plane just happened to be a new B-24 that had never flown a mission. As bad as it looks it was not a total loss since the engines were removed, inspected and run-outs...

Tent city of flooded living quarters at Liangshan. Stream next to the site has overflowed in this image. During WWII.

Burned American fighter, a P-51 or P-40, in Guangxi, China.

B-29 bomber at American base in Guangxi, China, during WWII.

"Always The Clown--This is Jose Martinez getting a ride from a couple Chinese in their sedan chair." Caption courtesy of Elmer Bukey.