Mt Kawakarpo (Meili Xueshan) from the Salween Valley, (the Hump), 1944, originally uploaded by jiulong.
In 1943, Joseph Rock was asked by the US air force to help compile maps of the Gaoligong Mountain area, known as the Hump, over which supply planes were flying in supplies from India to China. Here are some original photos of the Salween canyon and the peaks, by William Vandivert
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