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Title	Yunnan (China), construction of airfield by hand
Caption	Yunnan Province, China 1943 - 1945
Part of Set	1943-1945 Bert Krawczyk Photos of China during World War II
Date of Photograph	between 1943 and 1945
Photographer's Note	Here an air field was being completed. 200 harnessed Chinese are pulling a large diameter rock roller over a nearly-completed taxi strip and aircraft stand. The roller compressed various size rocks and stones into a 6-foot deep base. The Chinese had several of these rollers at the base. Airfields were built in this manner in China during World War II. Two supervisors chanted encouragement to the men to keep pulling. One was positioned in front of the group (to the left in the photo) with his occidental hat and the other was positioned on the roller itself. In the foreground Chinese ladies are putting finishing touches to a section of the taxi area by beating small rocks into the openings. These airfields handled all size aircraft, even fully loaded B-29's. The fields were well-engineered, built and maintained. Note in the background a B-24 follows another roller that is being pulled just ahead of the aircraft.
Photographer	Krawczyk, Bert A.
Subject TGM	Construction Construction workers Air bases
Subject LC	World War, 1939-1945
Continent	Asia
Nation/Country	China
State/Province	Yunnan
Type	Image
Original Collection	Bert A. Krawczyk Collection
Original Item Size	2.5 x 2.25 in.
Original Item Medium	Black-and-white negatives Cellulose nitrate film
Original Item Classification	[41 i] 535
Original Item ID	No. 46, 720
Original Item Location	Box 6
Derivative Format	Photographic print
Repository	American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
Rights	The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
Digital Publisher	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
Digital ID	kr000218
Digital Collection	American Geographical Society Library Digital Photo Archive: Asia and Middle East
Digital Format	Image/jp2
Project Name	NEH Grant Project: Saving and Sharing the AGS Library's Historic Nitrate Negative Images
Part of	American Geographical Society Library Digital Photo Archive

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