Guilin 桂林

A "Chongwa Bing" (中国兵; Chinese soldier) guarding the base at Guilin (Kweilin) or Liuzhou (Liuchow) base, in Guangxi province, China, during the Second World War.

Burning the American airbase at Guilin during the evacuation before the Japanese Ichigo advance in 1944, in Guangxi province.

Burning the American airbase at Guilin during the evacuation before the Japanese Ichigo advance in 1944, in Guangxi province.

Refugees fleeing Guilin city (Kwelin) area during the evacuation before the Japanese Ichigo advance in 1944, in Guangxi province.

Refugees fleeing at the Guilin train station during the evacuation before the Japanese Ichigo advance in 1944, in Guangxi province. Selig Seidler was a member of the 16th Combat Camera Unit in the CBI during WWII.

Refugees fleeing at the Guilin train station during the evacuation before the Japanese Ichigo advance in 1944, in Guangxi province.

American GIs examine small Japanese fragmentation bomb in China on November 13th, 1942. 2nd Lt. Nicholas Marich (sometimes spelled Marick) and 2nd Lt. Joseph W. Cunningham returned to American bases after having spent three days behind Japanese lines evading capture after their B-25 bomber was shot down on October 25, 1942 about 25 miles north-west of Hong Kong, China. They...

Guilin city, Guangxi province, China, before the Japanese invasion of the fall of 1944, and before being burned in the Allied retreat. See another view after the city burned.

Bomb explosion on a mission on Hong Kong, 491st Bomb Squadron. Operation Report – Attack on Victoria Harbor, Hong Kong, October 16, 1944 Extracted from "The Record – 11th Bomb Squadron" Created by Squadron Personnel in 1945 In effectiveness, operations for October showed not the slightest decline. One mission of that month---a low-level attack on shipping in Hong Kong harbor...

Luichow (Liuzhou) station, China-- Enroute with Kweilin (Guilin) evacuation party. Chinese use any mens of transportation to evacuate the area. 2 July 1944. Photo: H. P. Mcadams