Ichigo Campaign

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.

Air Force leadership in China meet to decide to blow up the US air base at Guilin in the face of the Japanese advance during Ichigo in the summer/fall 1944. General Chennault, in pith helmet, is climbing down from the transport airplane, and an unknown general is reaching out in the middle, with Casey Vincent behind, and Tex Hill, always...

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

Chinese troops cross the river at Lingling by barge during retreat in the face of the Japanese Ichigo campaign advances in the summer/fall of 1944.

Stretcher bearers take a break in Guangxi province, either Guilin or Liuzhou area, probably during the evacuation of fall 1944. The white paper posted on the store sign says basically, "Everything for sale, including building, animals, possessions."

Retreat during Ichigo: "This is Captain Kelley our group chaplain holding roadside services for a group of G.I.'s during the evacuation of our base at Kwelin (Guilin) China."

GIs lounge at the loading door of a C-47 transport plane in China during WWII during evacuation because of Ichigo: "We Were Forced To Evacuate Our Base At Kwelin, China And This Is A Pic Of Some Of The 396th Guys Loading On A C-47 To Get Out Of There. Standing: Weidenbrenner, and Reese. L/R In Plane: Souder, O'Connor, Rodriguez...