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Adobe back wall of a large building. Local scenes and local people in Yunnan province, China, most likely around the Luliang air base area.
Two very young Chinese soldiers keeping guard in SW China during WWII.
Market At Luliang, China, not far from American base, during WWII. Note the Nationalist propaganda on the facing wall.
' 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 local scenes and local people in Yunnan province, China, most likely around the Luliang air base area...
' 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 local scenes and local people in Yunnan province, China, most likely around the Luliang air base area...
A local watch repair stand in SW China during WWII.
Buddhist statue in a temple in Yunnan, China, during WWII.
local scenes and local people in Yunnan province, China, most likely around the Luliang air base area.
local scenes and local people in Yunnan province, China, most likely around the Luliang air base area.
Nose art of a crashed B-24 bomber, B-24J-10 bomber, serial #42-51850, named "Lady Luck II" flew missions over Burma while assigned to 436 Bombardment Squadron, 7th Bombardment Group, Tenth Air Force. The plane was transferred to Air Transport command, converted to a C-109 aerial tanker. It suffered severe damage in a landing accident at Luliang, China on 18 Nov 1944...