Liuzhou 柳州

September 27, 1944 During WWII, refugees from Kweilin (Guilin) pack the top of freight cars in the south station, Liuchow, China. Photo by Lt. N. J. Dain

September 27, 1944 During WWII, Chinese artillery piece waiting on a siding near a refugee packed railroad yard at the south station, Liuchow, China. Photo by Lt. N. J. Dain

September 27, 1944 During WWII, a locomotive of one of the fugitive trains in south station, Liuchow, China, showing packages and bales belonging to refugees fleeing the Japanese advance on Kweilin (Guilin). Photo by Lt. N. J. Dain

September 27, 1944 During WWII, long view of the south station, Liuchow, China, showing refugees packed atop freight cars in their attempt to flee the Japanese drive on Kweilin (Guilin). Photo by Lt. N. J. Dain

September 27, 1944 During WWII, a refugee from the advancing Japanese troops at Kweilin catches a nap under the wheels of a railroad car at the south station, Liuchow, China. Photo by Lt. N. J. Dain

Pat O'Brien and Jinx Falkenburg look over a B-25 of the Chinese-American Composite Wing (CACW) at Liuzhou (Liuchow), China, during a tour of the China-Burma-India Theater (CBI) of Operations with a camp show. In the background coolies pull up carts loaded with gasoline drums. 11-2-1944 Signal Corps Photo #CHI-44-50435 (Dillard)

Local people washing vegetables in Liuzhou city, Guangxi province, China, during WWII.

Local people swimming in Liuzhou city, Guangxi province, China, during WWII.

Local people swimming in Liuzhou city, Guangxi province, China, during WWII.

Chinese civilian evacuation in Guangxi province, China, during WWII, during the summer or fall of 1944 as the Japanese swept through as part of the large Ichigo push.