Aircraft mechanics George Butsika, John Aspinwall, Clayton E. Nash, pose next to a B-25G of the 491st Bomb Squadron at Yangkai AB, China, shortly after the squadron arrived in January 1944. M/Sgt Aspinwall was the maintenance Line Chief, responsible for all 491st aircraft maintenance.

Elmer, Pete, Rex in B-25 of Ringer Squadron at Yangkai, 1944.

P-38 Black Widows parked in Kunming in the CBI during WWII, 1944.

A wrecked Japanese airplane left at Liuzhou after the Japanese retreat after Ichigo. See GIs inspecting this plane here.

Chinese laborers carrying an American war dead draped in US flag. Near Tengchong, Yunnan, China. Williams notes that he had given blood donation for this soldier, but he had still not survived. From the collection of Kenneth Williams.

Monk at temple and dead Chinese soldier, near Kunming, China, 1945.

Southwest of Liuchow, fighters of the Fourteenth Air Force caught a cavalry column headed towards Liuchow following the Japanese retreat after Ichigo. The Japanese did not have time to bury their dead and the remains of horses and horsemen lay scattered throughout the valley.

Tactical commanders of Maj. Gen. C. L. Chennault meet in observance of 14th Air Force Second Anniversary. Left to right: Brig. Gen. Russell E. Randall, Brig. Gen. Winslow C. Morse, Col. Clayton B. Claussen, and Brig. Gen Albert F. Hegenberger. Image courtesy of Tony Strotman.