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Liuzhou 柳州

Also often transliterated as Luichow or Liuchow.

A carpenter rips lumber by hand saw in Liuzhou, China, during WWII.
Photos taken by Robert F. Riese in or around Liuzhou city, Guangxi province, China, in 1945. Aerial view adjacent to the American base at Liuzhou. Notice the shadow the airplane in the foreground.
A Nationalist memorial to Chinese flyers, erected during the fall of 1935 (民国二十四年九月中浣), seen by Bob Riese in 1945. The inscription reads “云霄万古” in Chinese, roughly “Skies Eternal."
Robert Riese, camera in hand, looks over destroyed railway bridge in Liuzhou, in 1945, during WWII.
A Nationalist memorial to Chinese flyers, erected during the fall of 1935 (民国二十四年九月中浣), seen by Bob Riese in 1945. The inscription reads “云霄万古” in Chinese, roughly “Skies Eternal."
Looking towards Horse-Saddle Mountain (马鞍山) and the town area of Liuzhou city, Guangxi province, during WWII.
Liuzhou city from the south side of the river, in WWII, in 1945.
Bob Riese looks over a destroyed bridge at Liuzhou, China, during WWII, in 1945.
Sun Yat-sen memorial stele at Liuzhou, Guangxi province, China, during WWII.
A crowded street in Liuzhou in 1945, during WWII. This should be south of the river.