Chinese soldier

Chennault and Chinese officers pose and chat next to a B-25 Mitchell bomber in China during WWII.

A Chinese soldier receives medical treatment from American medical personnel in the CBI during WWII.

Chinese troops cross the river at Lingling by barge during retreat in the face of the Japanese Ichigo campaign advances in the summer/fall of 1944.

Chinese civilians and Nationalist soldiers pass the time on a small bridge in Yunnan, China, probably near Kunming or Yangkai base. During WWII.

Pete Bertani, Peterson, Frank Bates, unknown, posing before a B-25 Mitchell in a revetment in China, likely Yangkai.

An American GI and Chinese military police pose for the camera: "This Is A Picture Of Nick Vassello And Some Of China's Finest Soldiers."

"The officer in the center is Lt. Sohl engineering officer of the 396th. The officer on the right is Capt. Weisburg a medical officer with the 396th. Unfortunately Lt.Sohl did not make it back to the states. He had his orders to return stateside and was awaiting transportation home when he was bitten by a rat and became very ill...

Chinese soldier and American engineer stand before the new 25, #448, Yangkai, May 1944. Unknown, Frank Bates. From the collection of Frank Bates.

On a ferry with Chinese soldiers crossing a river in southwest China during WWII.

Chinese aircraft mechanics and engineers pose at an air base in China during WWII. Behind them are damaged airplanes used for parts.