| Yunnan Province 云南省

Missions Outreaches Amid the Battles Chaplain Mengel lead his men to participate in outreach to the wartorn and impoverished Chinese countryside. These photos from Chaplain Mengel's private collection, show him he and the men visiting mission schools, interacting with the children and teachers, and assisting blind children's homes. The US airmen also gave out collected donations to help bombed out...

Chaplain Dwayne H. Mengel conducts a temporary military burial in Yunnan, China. The 308th took heavy casualties, and one of the Chaplain's duties included burying recovered bodies in local graves until they could be repatriated after the war.

GI holding a dog in Yunnan province, China.

A Chinese man, wife, and friend in Yunnan during WWII.

"Herbst with Chinese man." In Yunnan during WWII. And "Borne" with Chinese man.

"A Chinese man with Tony and Herbst" In Yunnan during WWII

' The photographer and collector of the images in the Roubinek Collection in Yunnan province, China, during WWII. We know very little about this CBI veteran or the background of these images. See an overview?here. An image from the Roubinek Collection, showing planes and people connected to an American air base in WWII?in Yunnan province, China, most likely around the...

Workers fill water tank at an American base in Yunnan, China, during WWII. GIs sitting on wooden platform.