evacuation/retreat

Refugees rest while fleeing during the evacuation before the Japanese Ichigo advance in 1944, in Guangxi province.

Young refugee fleeing during the evacuation before the Japanese Ichigo advance in 1944, in Guangxi province.

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.

Refugees fleeing around either Liuzhou or Guilin carry possessions during the evacuation before the Japanese Ichigo advance in 1944, in Guangxi province.

Refugees carry loved one while fleeing around either Liuzhou or Guilin during the evacuation before the Japanese Ichigo advance in 1944, in Guangxi province.

Refugees carry possession while fleeing around either Liuzhou or Guilin during the evacuation before the Japanese Ichigo advance in 1944, in Guangxi province.

Refugees fleeing around either Liuzhou or Guilin during the evacuation before the Japanese Ichigo advance in 1944, in Guangxi province.

A retreating Chinese soldier pulls and ox while fleeing around either Liuzhou or Guilin during the evacuation before the Japanese Ichigo advance in 1944, in Guangxi province.

A refugee child rides a cart near around either Liuzhou or Guilin during the evacuation before the Japanese Ichigo advance in 1944, in Guangxi province.