Bates

Local school kids pose in courtyard of school in Yunnan province, China, during WWII, at the Songming County Xiaogu Central Elementary School (嵩明县效古中心小学校). A higher resolution version can be found here.

Yangkai, China, before August 1944. William Larkin, Wllworth 'Bud' Chapin, Frank Bert, Wilbert 'Willie' Beausoleil From the collection of Frank Bates.

#444 at engine change, Yangkai, China, July 1944 Hammett, Basil Turko, Aspinwall, Bert, unk., and Burns From the collection of Frank Bates.

At #444's engine change, Yangkai, China, July 1944. S/Sgt Domonique Beaudetter, T/Sgt George Butsika, S/Sgt Elmer Peterson, S/Sgt Joseph Burns, M/Sgt John Aspinwall, T/Sgt Karl Hammett, S/Sgt Frank Bert. (Info courtesy Tony Strotman)

GIs Derby, Daggett, Trombley, unknown, Charlie Zangle, Wayne E. Cooper, Peter J. Bertani, Aug. 5, 1944. Probably at Yangkai air base. See related image here.

Daggett, Derby, Trombley, unknown, unknown, Cooper, Zangle. Probably at Yangkai air base. See related image here.

William Butler, Wayne Crusan, Trombley, Derby, Frenchy Beaudetter, Daggett. Outside base office buildings. Probably at Yangkai. From the collection of Frank Bates.

Villages threshing rice in the first village, on way to Yangkai, China 1944. During WWII.

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

The first village on the way to Yangkai, China 1944.