local people

Street scene in Guilin, shortly before the Japanese advance in the fall of 1944.

Street scene in Guilin, China, in 1944, during WWII.

On the street in Guilin, Guangxi province, China, in 1944.

People at the door of a small retail shop in China during WWII.

A kid in Guilin, China, climbs through shop window. During WWII.

A young candied fruit seller selling candied haws fruit on bamboo skewers during WWII. See another image here.

Chinese workers and Nationalist soldiers build a fortified bunker at a street corner in a town in Guangxi province, during WWII, in the summer or fall of 1944 during the Japanese push south in the Ichigo campaign.

Result of explosives set on bridge by Americans in 1944 during retreat from Japanese in Guangxi province, China, during WWII. See GI setting explosives here.

Bustling city life on a bridge in Guilin during WWII.

Setting explosives on bridge in 1944 during retreat from Japanese in Guangxi province, China, during WWII. The results of the explosion can be seen here.