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An American serviceman walking on the hill above Yangkai air base, in Yunnan province, China, during WWII. Note the carbine rifle he carries for protection.

Sgt Richard Dille “Dick” Arbogast, killed along with the rest of the B-24 crew during crash 28 May 1944, in China. (Photo courtesy of Vindicator I.) See background of crash here. Sgt. Arbogast was 23 years old. His family received a last letter from him dated April 10, 1944. See more of his personal story at USAAF Memoriam.

GIs go through village in Yunnan province, probably Yangkai village, carbines over shoulder, while local people go about their regular business. During WWII.

Cpl. Arthur Hedge, of 164th Signal Photographic Company, with carbine over shoulder, hikes trail towards Salween River campaign, 1944.

A GI points his carbine down the narrow space between two homes in a Chinese village during WWII, as a local village woman threshes grain.

The 16th Combat Camera Unit setting up to photograph Japanese air raid on Kunming. During WWII.

"Moving again." GIs in transit through a train station in China during WWII. Notice the carbine in one GI's hands.