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Krawczyk

"'Last Resort' entertainment hall in Yangkai. Here the U.S. movie stars came and many time the programs were held inside. It had a stage and auditorium. An outside stage would be erected for the performances when a large crowd was present. It would be built at the same level as the stairs in the foreground, the GI's would be seated...
Yunnan (China), three young men employed as housekeepers and launderers sitting with Bert Krawczyk: "These are three houseboys from the airbase at Luliang. Houseboys were provided by the Chinese government under a reverse lend-lease program. The China War Area Service Command administered the program. This command was set up by Madame Chiang Kai-Shek to take care of the food and...
The bridge at Luliang with high water after the rain. During WWI, 1944. "Luliang (China), vendors on a stone bridge spanning the high water of Nanpan river: A river near Luliang, where in the spring of the year, it became quite high. The arch of this stone constructed bridge forms an almost perfect semi-circle reflection of the river water. [Vendors]...