Bowermaster

September 30, 1944 During WWII, a small detachment of Chinese soldiers armed with a light machine gun on railway wheels and two other guns, stand guard at the Liuchow (Liuzhou) station to prevent looting during air raid and to maintain order in general. Signal Corps Photo Pfc J. C. Bowermaster

FROM: PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICE CODE: 07121500 FOURTEENTH AIR FORCE RELEASE UPON RECEIPT CLEARED GOLDBERG USFCT FOURTEENTH AIRFORCE PHOTOGRAPHER, FIRST AMERICAN TO ENTER LIUCHOW HEADQUARTERS, FOURTEENTH AIR FORCE, CHINA --- Cpl. James C. Bowermaster, of 2608, Arctic Ave., Atlantic City, New Jersey, Fourteenth Air Force photographer, was the first American soldier to enter Liuchow after the Japs evacuated the city and...

An American (astride pony) with a Chinese escort and supplies. This is may be James C. Bowermaster, Fourteenth Air Force photographer. Image from U. S. Government official sources.

Photographer Pfc J.C. Bowermaster crossing a river in Guangxi province, near Liuzhou city.

An American fuel train at Liuzhou after bombing by Japanese bombers of September 27, 1944 during 45 minute air raid.

CBI-44-60576 30 Sept 44 Photo by Pfc J.C. Bowermaster Five Japanese bombers struck the Liuzhou airbase on the 29th of September and destroyed this B-24 and a gas dump, as well as a C-46 transport plane. During a fourty-five minute raid the was the only serious damage suffered.