Kunming 昆明

A colorful parade--with floats, marchers, and music--for a local festival in Kunming, China, during WWII.

Emerald Rooster Archway (碧鸡坊), in Kunming. In the CBI during WWII.

Boats in canals near Kunming during WWII.

Captain Glade C. Burton, a pilot with the 51st Fighter Group, disappeared strangely on a short routine flight near Kunming on January 20, 1945, and never have there any clues regarding what might have happened to him. Even through 60 years have passed, he has by no means been forgotten, and the costs that these great men and their families...

A C-47 transport plane flies over a damaged village, probably outside of Kunming, Yunnan province.

247-4G 10AF 23Aug45 loading planes for 10AF move to Kunming, Liuchow [Liuzhou], China, during WWII.

The 10th Air Force moves from Piardoba, India, to Liuzhou, China in the fall of 1945. Here materials are being loaded onto C-47 cargo planes for flying over the Hump into China. U.S. Gov image.

The 10th Air Force moves from Piardoba, India, to Liuzhou, China in the fall of 1945. Here materials are being loaded onto C-47 cargo planes for flying over the Hump into China. U.S. Gov image.

Pyramid-shaped air raid shelter used by Chennault in Kunming during WWII, in the midst of an air raid. In this image, Chennault is standing toward left, looking at the Japanese bombing out of scene of the left. In the middle, an American GI makes plots on a map board. Air vents can be seen protruding from the top, and garden...

Japanese bombing of Kunming, December, 1943. The dirt pyramids are bomb bunkers. Image likely by Hal Geer.