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A train being loaded by hand in India during WWII.
Three men in northern China, near Tung-Poo Railway, Hepei (Hebei) province, China. "Tang Tze An, Wang Shiang (interpreter)." December 20, 1044. In the CBI during WWII.
Results of 11th Bomb Squadron bombing of the Do Len bridge, 12 miles north of Thanh Hoa, French Indochina. In the CBI during WWII.
Railroad workers laying tracks at Budge Budge, India, during WWII. Photo from Norm Maino.
Aerial view of bombed bridge in SW China or French Indochina during WWII.
Aerial view of a railroad bridge just blown up by 22nd Bombardment Squadron in the CBI.
Runway at Liuchow (Liuzhou) air base, China (prior to evacuation in 1944), during WWII. By the 16Th Combat Camera Unit . Images courtesy of Tony Strotman (extra on-image annotations by Tony Strotman).
Interdicted by the Flying Tigers since they evacuated on November 7, 1944, the former 14th Air Force advanced base at Liuchow (Liuzhou), vital railroad and highway junction in central Kwangsi (Guangxi) and in the path of general Japanese withdrawals from the Lung Valley and Siang corridor that end the Japanese dreams of a Greater East Asia land line from Singapore...
September 27, 1944 During WWII, photo showing the way refugees live atop freight cars on their way out of Kweilin (Gulin). Take at the south station, Liuchow, China. Photo by Lt. N. J. Dain
September 27, 1944 During WWII, refugees from Kweilin (Guilin) pack the top of freight cars in the south station, Liuchow, China. Photo by Lt. N. J. Dain