Pictures of transfering a Stone Roller to the U.S. Air Force Museum ceremony
Kunming, Yunnan Province, China
March 29, 2004

Posted on Apr 5, 2004

A stone roller used during World War II to level and pave runways used by the Flying Tigers, the 14th Air Force, and the aviators flying the Hump Route from India to China is unveiled in Kunming by Yunnan Province Deputy Governor Cheng Yingxuan and the Executive Director of the Sino-American Aviation Heritage Foundtation, Jeffrey B. Greene. The Yunnan Province government donated the stone roller to the U.S. Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio. (American Embassy photo by Deng Yi)		Elderly men who helped build the airfields in China used during the Second World War by the Flying Tigers, the 14th Air Force, and the aviators flying the Hump Route from India to China are greeted at the stone roller donation ceremony by USAF Lieutenant Colonel John Robinson, Jr., Air Attache at the American Embassy in Beijing. (American Embassy photo by Deng Yi)
Officials attending the stone roller donation ceremony in Kunming China gather in front of the former headquarters of the 14th Air Force. Left to right: Jeffrey B. Greene, Executive Director, Sino-American Aviation Heritage Foundation; retired ARNG Brigadier General Michael Teilmann, Executive Director of the Bob Hope Hollywood USO at Los Angeles Airport; Cheng Yingxuan, Deputy Governor of Yunnan Province; Donald M. Bishop, Minister-Counselor for Public Affairs at the American Embassy in Beijing; Yan Youqiong, Vice Chairman of the Yunnan branch of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries; retired USAF Brigadier General Jon A. Reynolds, representing the USAF Museum; and Lieutenant Colonel John Robinson, Jr., Air Attache at the American Embassy in Beijing. (American Embassy photo by Deng Yi)		Retired USAF Brigadier General Jon A. Reynolds greets one of the workers who helped construct the airfields in Kunming used during the Second World War by the Flying Tigers, the 14th Air Force, and the aviators flying the Hump Route from India to China. (American Embassy photo by Deng Yi)
Three of the men who constructed airfields in Kunming used during the Second World War by the Flying Tigers, the 14th Air Force, and the aviators flying the Hump Route from India to China gather for the stone roller donation ceremony. (American Embassy photo by Deng Yi)		As former airfield constructor worker Cao Fuxing departs the stage after making remarks at the stone roller donation ceremony, he was surprised to be saluted by the American officers. (American Embassy photo by Deng Yi)
At the ceremony to donate a stone roller used to level and pave runways used by the Flying Tigers, the 14th Air Force, and the aviators flying the Hump Route from India to China during the Second World War, Yunnan Province Deputy Governor Cheng Yingxuan presents a donation certificate to Retired USAF Brigadier General Jon A. Reynolds, representing the U.S. Air Force Museum. They stand between two young women in the dress of local minority peoples. (American Embassy photo by Deng Yi)		Officials at the stone roller donation ceremony gather for a group photo. Left to right: Retired ARNG Brigadier General Michael Teilmann, Executive Director of the Bob Hope Hollywood USO at Los Angeles Airport; the Director of the Yunnan Province Foreign Affairs Office; Retired USAF Brigadier General Jon A. Reynolds, representing the U.S. Air Force Museum; Donald M. Bishop, Minister-Counselor for Public Affairs at the American Embassy in Beijing; Madam Cheng Yingxuan, Deputy Governor of Yunnan Province; John Robinson, Jr., Air Attache at the American Embassy in Beijing; and Jeffrey B. Greene, Executive Director of the Sino-American Aviation Heritage Foundation. (American Embassy photo by Deng Yi)
Retired nurse Huang Huanxiao (Rita Wong), the only Chinese nurse tending wounded Americans at the U.S. Army hospitals in Guilin and Yuannanyi during the Second World War, is thanked at the stone roller donation ceremony. (American Embassy photo by Deng Yi)		Local farmer Cao Fuxing teaches American Embassy Public Affairs Officer Donald Bishop, the Yunnan Province Foreign Affairs Office Director, and retired ARNG Brigadier General Michael Teilmann how the the Americans in China during World War II often gave his fellow airfield workers the thumbs up sign while saying "Ding Hao" -- meaning "good indeed" or "well done." (American Embassy photo by Deng Yi)
Local farmer Cao Fuxing teaches retired USAF Brigadier General Jon A. Reynolds (left) and retired ARNG Brigadier General Michael Teilmann (right) how the Americans in China during World War II often gave his fellow airfield workers the thumbs up sign while saying "Ding Hao" -- meaning "good indeed" or "well done." (American Embassy photo by Deng Yi)		Retired nurse Huang Huanxiao (Rita Wong), the only Chinese nurse tending wounded Americans at the U.S. Army hospitals in Guilin and Yuannanyi during the Second World War, is thanked at the stone roller donation ceremony by Retired USAF Brigadier General Jon A. Reynolds, American Embassy official Donald M. Bishop, and Jeffrey B. Greene, Executive Director of the Sino-American Aviation Heritage Foundation. (American Embassy photo by Deng Yi)
At the stone roller donation ceremony, retired nurse Huang Huanxiao (Rita Wong) laughs to see one of her photographs taken during the Second World War, when she was the only Chinese nurse tending wounded Americans at the U.S. Army hospitals in Guilin and Yuannanyi. (American Embassy photo by Deng Yi)		Retired nurse Huang Huanxiao (Rita Wong), the only Chinese nurse tending wounded Americans at the U.S. Army hospitals in Guilin and Yuannanyi during the Second World War, is thanked at the stone roller donation ceremony. (American Embassy photo by Deng Yi)
Local farmer Cao Fuxing, who helped build the airfields in Yunnan Province used by the Flying Tigers, the 14th Air Force, and the aviators flying the Hump Route between India and China during World War II is thanked by American Embassy Public Affairs Officer Donald M. Bishop, Air Attache Lieutenant Colonel John Robinson, Jr., and retired ARNG Brigadier General Michael Teilmann at the stone roller donation ceremony. (American Embassy photo by Deng Yi)