491st Bombardment Squadron

Villages take a break in China, against a backdrop of rice straw mounds.

Local farming people in Yunnan province, China: Harvesting rice straw. During WWII.

A former Buddhist temple or ancestral hall or similar which has been taken over to be a school. In Yunnan province, China, during WWII.

An American GI and local kids in a grain field in Yunnan province, China. During WWII.

A rural person in the Chinese countryside in Yunnan province, wading through a pond. See also alternative view.

Local people in washing clothes in Yunnan province, China. These are likely to be wives of officers, billeted to live in the village, rather than women who grew up in the village. They also might be prostitutes, following the troops.

Farmers in Yunnan province, China, harvesting rice and rice straw. During WWII.

Women farming at Yangkai, and a woman walking on village path. During WWII.

Local people and village in Yunnan province, China. During WWII.

People go about lives in small township in China during WWII.