Liuzhou 柳州

Demolished bridge over the Liujiang river (柳江) at Liuzhou, Guangxi province, in the CBI, destroyed by Chinese troops are they retreated before the Japanese Ichigo Campaign in 1944

Mined runway at Liuzhou, Guangxi province, in the CBI after the Japanese retreat after Ichigo.

Busting bridges such as this one south of Sulien (possibly Silian 思练镇 today) slowed down retreating Japanese giving Chinese ground forcers opportunity to inflict more casualties. Bridge busting has been a speciality of fliers of the 14th Air Force. Japanese forces retreated over this road towards Liuzhou.

A man on the street in China, smoking a very long pipe, maybe Liuzhou or Yangkai. (Images provided via Tony Strotman)

Houseboy at Liuzhou base, Guangxi, during WWII. (Images provided via Tony Strotman)

Chinese troops marching, probably at Liuzhou, Guangxi. During WWII.

GI poses with an airplane with nationalist markings at Liuzhou base, Guangxi province. (Images provided via Tony Strotman)

Bomb explosion on a mission on Hong Kong, 491st Bomb Squadron. Operation Report – Attack on Victoria Harbor, Hong Kong, October 16, 1944 Extracted from "The Record – 11th Bomb Squadron" Created by Squadron Personnel in 1945 In effectiveness, operations for October showed not the slightest decline. One mission of that month---a low-level attack on shipping in Hong Kong harbor...

From: Public Relations Office Fourteenth Air Force Code 07041430/B Release On Rcpt Cleared Goldberg USFCT -FIRST PICTURES FROM REOCCUPIED LIUCHOW AREA- Valley of the Dead Fourteenth Air Force Headquarters, In China-- Here in the Valley of the Dead, southwest of Liuchow, fighters of the Fourteenth Air Force caught a cavalry column headed towards Liuchow. Japanese did not have time to...

See this image with different caption here. Excited civilians applaud and surround American GIs who have just returned to Liuzhou on the heels of the retreating Japanese upon the failure of the Ichigo Campaign. "From: Public Relations Office Fourteenth Air Force Code 07041420-4 Release On Rcpt Cleared Goldberg USFCT -FIRST PICTURES FROM REOCCUPIED LIUCHOW AREA- Civilians Prepare to Go Home...