evacuation/retreat

View of a building burning in Rangoon, Burma. In the CBI during WWII.

Destroying vehicles before Japanese invasion, possibly in Rangoon, Burma. During WWII.

803rd MAES and 2nd TCS evacuating combat casualties on the first evacuation for the 803rd. Litter patients are: Pilot Capt. Walter Eschwald and Co-pilot F. O. Capt. Ivan Hirshburg. Flight nurse Lt. Audrey Rodgers, chief nurse of the 803rd MAES, Capt. Duncan, medical officer, 803rd. Capt Carey Leggett, medical officer for 2nd TCS. At door, Sgt. Harrison Vickers, 2nd TCS...

US military buildings put to flame at Guilin (Kweilin) as the Japanese neared during Ichigo. In the CBI.

The Stinson L-1 Vigilant named "Sick Call" evacuating wounded Chinese and Indian troops. South of the Shweli River, 124th Cavalry, Mars Task Force. Photo from Dwight Burkam.

Burning the American airbase at Guilin during the evacuation before the Japanese Ichigo advance in 1944, in Guangxi province.

Burning the American airbase at Guilin during the evacuation before the Japanese Ichigo advance in 1944, in Guangxi province.

Refugees fleeing Guilin city (Kwelin) area during the evacuation before the Japanese Ichigo advance in 1944, in Guangxi province.

Refugees fleeing during the evacuation before the Japanese Ichigo advance in 1944, in Guangxi province.