Thank you for your patience as we rebuild our website! 2020-2024

Bates

Sgt. Richard H. "Dick" DeSonia after he went with group singing at Yangkai, 1944.
More washing girls the day of the mounds, Spring 1945, probably Yangkai. During WWII.
"A collection of children from several villages south of Yangkai picked up on a hike. Taking their picture was one way of having them go home. Just before Nash & the mounds, Spring 1945."
Bashful washers, the day of the mounds, South of Yangkai, Spring 1945.
"Fred Nash, several miles south of Yangkai, in a group of burial mounds, just before having lunch. Spring, 1945."
"Village a few miles south of Yangkai, the day of the mounds, Spring 1945." (Mounds refers to burial mounds Frank Bates and Fred Nash had come across on a hike.)
Three old men and a boy with new clothes, Yangkai Village, Spring 1945.
Rural farm people with their donkey cart. At the north end of the field, Yangkai, Spring 1944. During WWII.
GIs resting at barracks area, likely at Yangkai, during WWII. Smiley on right.
Villagers do the chores on shore of village pond. Probably near Yangkai, 1945.