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Inspection at a beef slaughterhouse at Yangkai, set up specifically to provide meat for base personnel. During WWII.

Paulette Goddard hanging onto a Y-force jeep, during WWII.

Offices and hostel area at Yangkai air base during WWII. Sign says, "Drive SLOW--Dust".

"A U.S. Army soldier and a Chinese soldier place the flag of their ally on the front of their jeep just before the first truck convoy in almost three years crossed the China border en route from Ledo, India, to Kunming, China, over the Stilwell road."

Burma Road dedication parade and ceremony in Kunming, China, on or around February 4, 1945, during WWII. Review of first convoy (or one of the first convoys) to reach China. Chinese soldiers marching in fancy parade dress during, waiting for their turn in the parade.

Burma Road dedication parade and ceremony in Kunming, China, on or around February 4, 1945, during WWII. Review of first convoy (or one of the first convoys) to reach China. Ranks of soldiers and civilians, waiting in anticipation of the parade, speeches, and first trucks to arrive, watch motorcycle MPs and jeeps, with US and Chinese flags.

Burma Road dedication parade and ceremony in Kunming, China, on or around February 4, 1945, during WWII. Review of first convoy (or one of the first convoys) to reach China. General view of the stage area and MPs at the ready at jeeps provided by Service of Supply (SOS) . The "Burma Road" was also often known as the "Stilwell...

A view across part of American air base at Liuzhou in 1945, after being reoccupied by American and Chinese forces following Japanese withdrawal in 1945. Note apparent B-25 in tidy revetment, driving jeep, and ruins of base buildings, destroyed during Allied retreat, Japanese occupation, and again during Japanese withdrawal.

GI drives jeep in village lane among adobe brick houses in Yunnan, during WWII.

American military convoy goes through a small village in SW China. During WWII. Courtesy of https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agsphoto/id/7659.