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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.

September 27, 1944 During WWII, Chinese artillery piece waiting on a siding near a refugee packed railroad yard at the south station, Liuchow, China. Photo by Lt. N. J. Dain

September 27, 1944 During WWII, refugees from Kweilin (Guilin) packed the tops of freight cars pulling into the south station, Liuchow, as they fled the Japanese advance in western China. Photo by Lt. N. J. Dain

September 27, 1944 During WWII, a refugee from the advancing Japanese troops at Kweilin catches a nap under the wheels of a railroad car at the south station, Liuchow, China. Photo by Lt. N. J. Dain

Chinese civilian evacuation via train in Guangxi province, China, during WWII, during the summer or fall of 1944 as the Japanese swept through as part of the large Ichigo push.

Chinese civilian evacuation in Guangxi province, China, during WWII, during the summer or fall of 1944 as the Japanese swept through as part of the large Ichigo push.

Chinese civilian evacuation in Guangxi province, China, during WWII, during the summer or fall of 1944 as the Japanese swept through as part of the large Ichigo push.

Chinese civilian evacuation in Guangxi province, China, during WWII, during the summer or fall of 1944 as the Japanese swept through as part of the large Ichigo push.

Fleeing people on (and on-top) of train during Chinese civilian evacuation in Guangxi province, China, during WWII, during the summer or fall of 1944 as the Japanese swept through as part of the large Ichigo push. During WWII.