1944年3月31日

现代机械的缺乏没有阻碍中国修建现代化的机场的步伐。三十万的民工被征调来修建机场。十万台独轮手推车被用于运送修建机场的材料，连铺设跑道的石子也是由民工手工敲碎的。美国的工程师们和中国工程界的专家携手，负责指导机场修建工作。图中所示：现代机械和传统的人力形成了强烈对比，中国民工们就像火车头一样在支持着中华民族的解放之路——他们用尽全力地拉动巨大的石碾子来完成跑道的压平工作。

弗兰克·坎德拉尔拍摄

3/31/44

Lack of modern equipment and machinery isn't stopping resourceful Chinese from building modern airfields in China. Three hundred thousand Chinese workers have been conscripted to do the job. A hundred thousand little handmade wheelbarrows are used to transport materials -- and even the chipping of stones for the runways is done by hand. American engineers are supervising the work, in conjunction with expert Chinese Army engineers. Photo shows: drawing a sharp contrast between modern machinery and medieval labor, this liberator roads over a group of coolies as the train at the back–breaking job of hauling a huge stone roller over the runway.

(Photo by Frank Cancellare)