Ex-CBI Roundup

A "Red Cross girl" and American officers chat on a street in Kunming during WWII, on January 2, 1945. In the background is a jeep for ATC. 1340th AAFBU ATC Kunming China. Photo from R. Heinmann.

VJ Day victory parade in Chongqing, with crowds carrying portraits of President Truman and G'mo Chiang Kai-shek, along with Union Jack. In the CBI.

Japanese nurses assemble for morning call at the Wuchang Hospital after the hostilities had ceased. Photo by Way. In the CBI.

Local people drawing water from a well in China during WWII. Photo from M. J. Hollman.

Kunming air base's water supply. In the CBI during WWII. Photo from R. Hermann.

A coffin prepared for a funeral in Guiyang city, Guizhou proving, China, during WWII, 1944. Photo by Robert G. Leavens.

A GI hands out treats (likely candy) to enthusiastic Chinese kids as a farming woman smiles. During WWII.

A Chinese man fishes from upon a narrow branch over a pond, with a karst peak in the background, in SW China during WWII.

Street scene in a China city, mostly likely Kunming. During WWII.

In Hong Kong on Jan. 16, 1946, Liberty-bound sailor of the United States Fleet head for liberty landing in downtown Victoria, Hong Kong. Those who had been to Shanghai or North China found a pleasant change in Hong Kong's modern amenities. In the CBI. U. S. Navy official photo.