Guilin 桂林

Runways among Karst peaks at the American base at Yangtong, Guilin, Guangxi province, China, during the Japanese occupation in late fall of 1944 until July 1945. Bomb pits are visible in the runway in the foreground, which was blown up during the American evacuation to deny use to the incoming Japanese. Closest to viewer is Ehr Tong, the original airfield...

American HQ in a cave in Guilin, Guangxi, China. Image courtesy of Tony Strotman.

HQ in a cave in Guilin, Guangxi, China, with Chinese guard standing watch. Image courtesy of Tony Strotman

Members of CACW make a recording with the C-3-I Recording Unit at Guilin (Kweilin), China, during April 1944. Image courtesy of Tony Strotman.

Rice paddy and karst peak at Guilin during WWII.

5315th ITC Hostel at Guilin, Guangxi province, China, during WWII. US Army Signal Corps photo, provided by Donald M. Cook.

GIs washing mess kits at camp in Guilin (Kweilin), during WWII. In the CBI.

Engineers scavenge parts at Guilin (Kweilin) Air Field in a boneyard of parts of American military aircraft during WWII. Army Signal Corps photo.

Here is an initial file regarding 1st Lt. Nick Gazibara, pilot with the 74th Fighter Squadron, 23rd Fighter Group, in China, killed in 1945 in China. Below is a short narrative kindly provided to our project by his younger brother Don in 2008: Nick Gazibara DOB 12/18/1922, Export, PA Father Robert (Bozo) immigrated from Yugoslavia in 1914 Mother oldest of...

"Kweilin in aerial photo (land of a thousand breasts)." Flying over distinct karst formations in Guangxi province, near Guilin (Kweilin), in China during WWII.