16th Combat Camera Unit

Chinese refugee waits atop flatbed car at the train station in Liuzhou during WWII, in the fall of 1944, as the Japanese advanced during the Ichigo campaign.

American flyers look over aerial image in the CBI during WWII.

In this fascinating photo--a virtual Norman Rockwell still-life of wartime life in China--Chinese troops, American troops, and Chinese civilians cross the Xiao river (潇水) via ferry near Lingling, China, during WWII. In the background, on the east bank of the river, is the Huilong Pagoda (零陵回龙塔), which remarkably still survives today, and has been restored.

16th Combat Camera Unit members enjoy a banquet in China during WWII. Hal Geer holds up a jiaozi (饺子) in his chopsticks as he looks at the camera. See related image here.

Farm folk go through a gate-like structure near Kunming, in Yunnan province. During WWII.

A prominent building in Kunming during WWII.

At an American air base in SW China during WWII, dated May 18, 1944. The hand-written notation says "Kunming", but the karst mountains in the background are the type found in Guangxi province, near Liuzhou or Guilin, and definitely no where near Kunming.

Chennault and others making the decision to blow up the air base before the Japanese advance, fall of 1944, in Guilin.

Allied destruction at Guilin before the Japanese advance in the fall of 1944.

A weapon's carrier waiting to be loaded in front of Hostel #4 at the American airbase at Liuzhou. During WWII. From the collection of Hal Geer.