This dramatic image depicts a B-24 Bomber of the 14th AF, 308th BG that has just returned from a long distance bombing mission against Japanese shipping in the South China Sea.  Chinese civilian and military airport construction workers, who with nothing more than their bare hands and straining bodies ceaselessly labored to build the airfields that American and Chinese airmen utilized to defend the skies above China. The massive stone rollers that were pulled by hand to build the vitally important airfields are highlighted in this image.