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Yangkai (Yangjie) 羊街

GIs play volleyball. in Yangkai, China, 1944. Art, Gross, Trombley, Kainne [Keiser?], Elmer Moore, Harry Leech, Lacher [or Lecher?], Alelunas, Doc Townsend.
A close-up of the boy in the paddy at the foot of our area, Yangkai, China 1944.
"Rice paddy at the foot of the hill from our barracks area, Yangkai, China 1944."
S/Sgt Wilbert 'Willie' Beausoliel, aircraft mechanic with the 491st Bombardment Squadron, Yangkai, posing with B-25 tail #448 about June 1944. (Info courtesy Tony Strotman)
B-25 and crew at Yangkai, late 1944? Looks like 436 (same as large group picture) just coming in new to the squadron. The big guy kneeling (in silhouette) with the cap brim up is A.B. Christensen.
Ringer Squadron personnel: Lecher, Schmidt, Clark, Penny, Routon; rear; Bryan, Gornick, Gebhart, Williams, Vollmer, Arndt at Yangkai, Early 1945, with a B-25 in the background.
Lemmon, unknown, Red Cummings, Peterson, Gibbs. Arming 100 lb. bombs, and goofing for the camera at the same time, in a revetment. During WWII. Probably at Yangkai.
30 month party, April 6, 1945. Possibly at Yangkai. Center, rear Frank Bates.
Frank Willard Bates with B-25 #448, at Yangkai, about June 1944. During WWII.