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Young girl shoulders carrying-pole to repair runway at Liuzhou, Guangxi province, in the CBI, after Japanese retreat after Ichigo. See another image of this girl here.

Chinese laborers rest at noon on their work to rebuild the air strip at Liuzhou, Guangxi province, in the CBI, in 1944.

Runway being repaired at Liuzhou, Guangxi province, in the CBI, after the Japanese had retreated after Ichigo.

The runway at Liuzhou, Guangxi province, in the CBI, after the Japanese retreat with Ichigo.

Young girl shoulders carrying-pole to repair runway at Liuzhou, Guangxi province, in the CBI, after Japanese retreat after Ichigo. See another image of this girl here.

A B-25D of the American 491st Bombardment Squadron is on the taxiway. Maintenance men who prepared it for the mission stand in the shade of tree. Small bombs, 100 pounds, are seen neatly stacked in the middle of the photo. Closer, in the center, are three 500 pound bombs. They lack the guide fins, and still have the transport 'rings'...

A 21st Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron F-5 being serviced in Guangxi province, at either Liuzhou or Guilin. Original can be found at National Archives and Records Administration. Caption for the photo is: "Camera Repairmen Of The 21St Photographic Reconnaissance Sqd. Work On A Lockheed F-5A Reconnaissance Plane In A Natural Revetment Formed By The Limestone Buttes At A Forward Base In...

Damage to 61st Air Service Group's propeller repair area and "Engineering Shops" after a tornado on the flight line at Shamshernagar, Assam (India).

A North American B-25D of the 491st Bomb Squadron under goes maintenance in a revetment at Yangkai, China in 1944. The aircraft is Sq # has been changed from "426", as seen on the side of the nose, to "447". We do not know why this was done. Also notice in the top photo, the original serial number, which would...

A B-25 of the Ringer Squadron under maintenance, having its engines swapped, at Yangkai in the CBI during WWII. Tall man wearing service (billed) cap in both photos is Capt. William DeVries, Engineering Office. He was named 'Tall Sahib' by native workers while the squadron was stationed in India.