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September 27, 1944 During WWII, long view of the south station, Liuchow, China, showing refugees packed atop freight cars in their attempt to flee the Japanese drive on Kweilin (Guilin). Photo by Lt. N. J. Dain

"Moving again." GIs in transit through a train station in China during WWII. Notice the carbine in one GI's hands.

An aerial photograph of a railway bridge being bombed--a near miss--by the 491st Bomb Squadron in Yunnan or Indochina, during WWII.

An aerial photograph of a railway bridge being bombed by the 491st Bomb Squadron in Yunnan or Indochina, during WWII.

An aerial photograph of a railway bridge being bombed by the 491st Bomb Squadron in Yunnan or Indochina, during WWII.

An aerial photograph of a bridge being bombed by the 491st Bomb Squadron in Yunnan or Indochina, during WWII.

An aerial photograph of a railway bridge being bombed by the 491st Bomb Squadron in Yunnan or Indochina, during WWII.

Local men with a mule-drawn train cart in India during WWII.

Before and during the bombing of a railroad bridge in China. Notice, in the before picture, the bomb craters to the left and to the right of the bridge. This was not the first time this bridge had been bombed. Veterans of the 491st, 22nd and 11th Bm Squadrons have told us that most often two or three months after...

An airstrip under construction near a railroad, in a region of karst formations. This is almost certainly Liuzhou, in Guangxi province.