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Scenes around India. Sgt. Kaminski, India Celebration, troop train rail car, dentist Capt. Wexler.
GIs building a petroleum pipeline in Chittagong in April, 1945.
Allies building a wooden trestle bridge in the CBI during WWII. From the collection of Hal Geer.
The Liuzhou city (Guangxi province) railway station during the evacuation as the Japanese advanced on the city in the fall of 1944. Notice that the picture quality is high enough to read the advertisements, slogans, and messages, left on the wall behind the crowd. ​​​​​​​
Allied gas train at the edge of the field, Liuzhou (Luichow), China Sept 1944, after a Japanese bombing raid, during WWII.
A Chinese refugee stashed away on a precious spot on a train during the evacuation in Guangxi during the fall of 1944. The writing above is a message from someone for another person to meet up on that train car.
Allied gas train at the edge of the field, Liuzhou (Luichow), China Sept 1944, after a Japanese bombing raid, during WWII.
Allied gas train at the edge of the field, Liuzhou (Luichow), China Sept 1944, after a Japanese bombing raid, during WWII.
An argument among refugees the Liuzhou railway station in the fall of 1944.
The Liuzhou south train station during the evacuation in the face of the Japanese advance in the fall of 1944. Notice that someone has scraped out the name of the station on the photo itself.