Liuzhou 柳州

Chinese refugees make do at the train station in Liuzhou during WWII, in the fall of 1944, as the Japanese advanced during the Ichigo campaign.

Chinese refugees at the train station in Liuzhou during WWII, in the fall of 1944, as the Japanese advanced during the Ichigo campaign.

Chinese refugees take a meal at the train station in Liuzhou during WWII, in the fall of 1944, as the Japanese advanced during the Ichigo campaign.

Bustling street scene of Chinese civilians and Nationalist soldiers not far from the south side of the floating bridge at Liuzhou, near the American air base, around the time of the evacuation of fall 1944.

Two shots of the floating bridge at Liuzhou. The main part of the city is on the other side of the river, and the American air base is behind to photographer in the opposite direction.

American GIs await evacuation at the American base at Liuzhou city, Guangxi province, China, during the fall of 1944.

GIs are presented with gifts in China during WWII. Probably at Liuzhou.

Chinese crews work at a range finder, almost certainly in Liuzhou, October 9, 1944.

Included below is part of the story of James D. Vaughn who disappeared, along with the rest of the crew with him on their B-24 bomber on a mission of the coast of China, in 1944. We have graciously been given access to many materials on Mr. Vaughn by his family, and will make it all available here. Please also...

Jerome F. Eisenman (23rd Fighter Group, 76th Fighter Squadron), lost on a mission in Guangxi, near Liuzhou city. We have been given much gracious help in this by his family, who has also told us about the person Jerome Eisenman was, and we plan to share it all here.