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Bombing on Phu Lang Thuong railway bridge over the Thuong River at Bắc Giang City in French Indochina (Vietnam), during WWII. In northern Vietnam, and along a critical rail route used by the Japanese. Coordinates: 21°16'32.69"N 106°11'9.28"E
Bombing on Phu Lang Thuong railway bridge over the Thuong River at Bac Giang City in French Indochina (Vietnam), during WWII. In northern Vietnam, and along a critical rail route used by the Japanese. Coordinates: 21°16'32.69"N 106°11'9.28"E
The bridge at Luliang with high water after the rain. During WWI, 1944. "Luliang (China), vendors on a stone bridge spanning the high water of Nanpan river: A river near Luliang, where in the spring of the year, it became quite high. The arch of this stone constructed bridge forms an almost perfect semi-circle reflection of the river water. [Vendors]...
GI crossing a water-filled ditch, boots in hand. And GI leaning against bridge rail at Luliang. During WWII.
Arched bridge in Yunnan, China, during WWII.
Nationalist soldiers (plus possibly one GI) lounge on the bridge at Luliang. During WWII.
Man shouldering vegetables across the bridge at Luliang, and man with kids carrying scraps of wood.
B-25 Mitchell bombers have just bombed a railroad bridge a bridge somewhere in southwest China, Indochina, or Burma, leading to no apparent damage, but a large cloud of dust and smoke. See a fascinating image of the bombing preceding this here.