Guilin 桂林

An American woman keeping up appearances in Guilin during WWII. From the collection of Hal Geer.

Chiang Kai-shek and Madame Chiang Kai-shek with Gen. Chennault in China during WWII.

Busy street in Guilin, Guangxi province, China, in 1944.

Santa Claus, in full costume, makes an air transport arrival in the CBI during WWII.

Joe Wiley, "Rocky" Taurisano, Marlin Reese probably at an American base in Guilin, China.

"This is a picture of General 'Casey' Vincent's plane The Silver Slipper. The 396th prepared this plane for the General at Kwelin, China. Sgt. Joe Cooper of the 396th was crew chief of the plane. The two guys in the picture are Taylor on the left and Cooper on the right. Taylor was the radio operator on the plane."

"This Is A Photo Of Dale Souder, Marlin Reese, And Joe Wiley Probably At Our Base In Kwelin (Guilin), China."

"Proud of Our Work On This Aircraft--Bukey and Miller pose for a photo in front of Casey Vincents B-25 The Silver Slipper at Kwelin [Guilin], China." Caption courtesy of Elmer Bukey.

Keepsake (above)--a piece of the parachute used to bailout, signed by all the people who bailed out that day. Text below courtesy of Elmer Bukey. This is a story about my bail-out from an 11th Bomb plane named "Chicken Charlie". On the 30th of March 1944 I was told to preflight the B-25 in preparation for a test flight prior...

Ingenious bicycle created by L.t Raymon J. Sweezy, Jr., a pilot in a Troop Carrier Squadron of the 14th Air Force in the CBI. Lt. Sweezy used a regular GI bicycle and a motor salvaged at the evacuation of Guilin. Behind him, the body of an aircraft (probably a C-47) has been converted to storage or a workshop.