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Mengsa 勐撒

"Shan Princesses" in Mengsa or Szemao during WWII.
Colonel Peng, a Nationalist officer, trying out native crossbow. During WWII, in SW China.
"Shan Princesses" in Mengsa or Szemao during WWII.
Chinese officials pose in SW China in 1944 (L-R): "Magistrate Lee, Colonel Peng, Mr. Lee's tax collector, Collector of Internal Revenue??"
Local laborers unload supplies from an American C-47 in Mengsa or Szemao. In the CBI during WWII.
Phil Eppley shooting native crossbow in 1944, in Szemao or Mengsa, during WWII. Note native stockade of bamboo in the background.
"Village scene in Mengsa or Szemao" in SW China, in 1944, during WWII. Likely market day activities.
"Village scene in Mengsa or Szemao" in SW China, in 1944, during WWII. Likely market day activities.
Chinese magistrate Lee, in Mengsa or Szemao, 1944.