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Guilin 桂林

Also as Kweilin.

A WWII Guilin destroyed with fire by the allies before the Japanese advance in the fall of 1944. See another view before the city burned.
Allied destruction at Guilin before retreating in front of the Japanese advance in the summer/fall of 1944. From the collection of Hal Geer.
Allied destruction at Guilin before retreating in front of the Japanese advance in the summer/fall of 1944.
Allied destruction of the American air base at Guilin before retreating in front of the Japanese advance in the summer/fall of 1944.
A tired elderly refugee resting on a bridge in Guilin in summer/fall 1944, in front of the Japanese advance. From the collection of Hal Geer.
Allied destruction at Guilin before retreating in front of the Japanese advance in the summer/fall of 1944.
Allied destruction at Guilin before retreating in front of the Japanese advance in the summer/fall of 1944.
Air base buildings at the base of a karst mountain at the US base at Guilin, in Guangxi province, China, during WWII.
Street scene in Guilin before the Allied retreat in the fall of 1944.
American flyers at Guilin, China, set forth with their gear towards the flight line during WWII. From the collection of Hal Geer.