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16th Combat Camera Unit

Some background on the 16th Combat Camera Unit can be found here: http://www.cbi-history.com/part_vi_16th_ccu.html

Scenes around Kunming city, Yunnan province, China, during WWII: GIs enjoy meal and drinks.
The same street in Kunming, China, on two different days or times during WWII. On the right is a newspaper publisher, the Zhongzheng Daily (中正日报), apparently a propaganda newspaper for Chiang Kai-shek.
Scenes around Kunming city, Yunnan province, China, during WWII: Corner with curbside sellers and cloth market.
Scenes around Kunming city, Yunnan province, China, during WWII: A Chinese conscript works mud, probably for adobe brick or fired brick making.
Scenes around Kunming city, Yunnan province, China, during WWII: Worker shoulders pole at GI tent camp.
Scenes around Kunming city, Yunnan province, China, during WWII: GIs goof among tents at Kunming.
GIs goof with rickshaws in Kunming city, Yunnan province, China, during WWII.
People hang out near tower and stone inscription in Kunming city, Yunnan province, China, during WWII.
Scenes around Kunming city, Yunnan province, China, during WWII: Street corner with a stern traffic cop and the "Kunming Commercial Bank, Ltd."
Scenes around Kunming city, Yunnan province, China, during WWII: A beauty parlor.