Bates

Chinese workers sorting through the aftermath of Japanese bombing raid on railway with load of fuel barrels. Liuzhou, China, September 1944.

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

Allied gas train at the edge of the field, Liuzhou (Luichow), China Sept 1944, after a Japanese bombing raid, during WWII.

Kealy, Johnny Burns, Schmidt, Hammett, Alexander, Nash, Nyreen, Alelunas, Sam Knox, Liuzhou, September 1944. Train in the background is full of barrels of fuel. The disturbed ground in the foreground is likely caused by bombing.

Local people wash clothes. Probably at Yangkai, China. During WWII.

Mule or donkey trains in Yunnan province, probably in the Yangkai area.

Floating "boat-bridge, looking towards our side of Luichow, China Sept 1944." Horse-Saddle mountain (马鞍山) in the background.

Chinese workers riding transport on the US air base at Liuzhou. During WWII.

The bar barge and stilted houses at Liuzhou. Looking toward the other side of Liuzhou from the boat bridge, Sept. 1944.

Frank Bates, Johnny Burns, and George Butsika at the Lucky Cafe in Liuzhou, China. Sept 1944. See the Lucky Cafe after the destruction of Ichigo here.