Kunming 昆明

Maj. Gen. G. X. Cheves presenting the Air Medal to Pvt. Carroll E. Seiple for Meritorious Service as a member of an air dropping crew that helped supply American, British, Indian, and Chinese troops in Burma and China. Pvt. Seiple wa sa patient in the 95th Station Hospital when he received the medal. Kunming, Yunnan Province on December 13, 1944...

Maj. Gen. G. X. Cheves, C/G of SOS in China makes speech to personnel of the 95th Station Hospital at APO 627. Kunming, Yunnan Province on December 13, 1944. Photo by Pvt. S. Israel. Passed by censor William E. Whitten.

Pre-Christmas scene at the SOS (Service of Supply) PX at APO 627. Cpl Harold L. Graff, Cpl. Ben L. Rohleder, 1st Lt. Frances J. Vesset, and Anna Wong. December 15, 1944. Photo by Pfc. Thomas F. Melvin. Passed by censor Emanuel Goldberg.

Maj. Gen. G. X. Cheves, C/G of SOS in China inspecting personnel of the 95th Station Hospital at APO 627. Kunming, Yunnan Province on December 13, 1944. Photo by Pvt. S. Israel. Passed by censor William E. Whitten.

GI map of Kunming, APO 627, issued by the U.S. Office of War Information.

Sgt. Clifford A. Newell, Jr., in Kunming, China, on October 24, 1945. Sgt. Clifford A. Newell, Jr., was a member of the 69th Depot Repair Squadron (69th DRS), 301st Air Depot Group. Left for posting in CBI on February 27, 1945, arrived March 27, 1945. Departed for return to US on March 5, 1946, arriving March 20, 1946. During his...

Seymour Mazer in June, 1942. 1st Lt. Seymour Mazer was born on January 7, 1922 to Joseph and Mollie Mazer as their first child in the Bronx, NY. Later his family added a younger brother Jerome. Seymour graduated from Dewitt Clinton High School and married Claire Kellerman in 1942. They had two children, Robert (USMC), and Mark. Their father Joseph...

Celebrities visit China during WWII: General Claire L. Chennault with USO entertainers in Kunming, China, October 26, 1944, including Jinx Falkenburg, Betty Yeaton, and Jimmy Dodd.

A man in pith hat stands of fuselage remains of a C-47 transport next to railroad track. In the CBI during WWII.

GI walks in front of vaults at an American military graveyard at Kunming, during WWII.