Zhefang 遮放镇

Mafu (马夫) horse-keeper quarters in revetment stable with bomb shelter dug into earth at far end. December 6, 1944. Photo by T/5 William E. Shemorry. 164th Signal Photographic Company, APO 627. Passed by William E. Whitten.

View of burned gasoline drums, shell fuses, etc., gathered by Japanese for salvage from destroyed Chinese dump north of Zhefang. December 5, 1944. Photo by T/5 William E. Shemorry. 164th Signal Photographic Company, APO 627. Passed by William E. Whitten.

Space in camouflaged Japanese revetment for truck, now filled with tangled wreckage. December 6, 1944. Photo by T/5 William E. Shemorry. 164th Signal Photographic Company, APO 627. Passed by William E. Whitten.

Chinese soldiers salvaging large pieces of sheet metal to sue in construction of shelters. Zhefang is half built and half littered with pieces like this. December 6, 1944. Photo by T/5 William E. Shemorry. 164th Signal Photographic Company, APO 627. Passed by William E. Whitten.

Close up of first roadblock north of Zhefang, to show construction. December 5, 1944. Photo by T/5 William E. Shemorry. 164th Signal Photographic Company, APO 627. Passed by William E. Whitten.

Close up of stable at Zhefang. December 6, 1944. Photo by T/5 William E. Shemorry. 164th Signal Photographic Company, APO 627. Passed by William E. Whitten.

Former Japanese troop quarters built in revetment along Burma Road 1.5 kilo north of Zhefang. This place differs from others shown in that roof is made of heavy sheet steel and added protection is afforded by row of earth filled gasoline drums set around the top of earth bank forming wall closest to Burma Road. December 6, 1944. Photo by...

Chinese soldier displays Japanese telephone found north of Zhefang. December 5, 1944. Photo by T/5 William E. Shemorry. 164th Signal Photographic Company, APO 627. Passed by William E. Whitten.

Capt. O. D. Propps, American Liaison Officer, and Col. Tung Tau, commanding 388 Regiment, 130th Division, 53rd Chinese Army, inspect captured Japanese heavy machine gun, captured on Li La Hill northwest of Chefang. This machine gun fires 7.92 mm ammunition. Yunnan Province on November 28, 1944. Photo by T/5 W. E. Shemorry. B-Detachment, 164th Signal Photographic Company, APO 627. Passed...

American liaison officers and Chinese troop commanders plan coordinated air and ground attack on Japanese forces at Hung Chiu Hill, southwest of Chefang. L-R: Capt. Benjamin C. Adams, Earl M. Rothberger, Capt. William L. Yeomans (F. A. Liaison O), Col. Wang Ching-shan (C.O. 388th Regiment), Lt. Col. J.N. Ruggieri (Liaison O. With 130th Division), Wang Chen-yuan (Interpreter), and Maj. Gen...