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Ichigo Campaign

The "Ichigo Campaign" or "Operation Ichi-Go" (一号作戦 Ichi-gō Sakusen, lit. "Operation Number One") was a sweep by Japanese forces through southern China April to December 1944, especially directed to eliminate American air bases. See more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ichi-Go.

Return To Liuzhou At Datang

Important road junction at Datang  (大唐) given up by the Japanese as they retreated and withdrew to the north from Nanning through Liuzhou. 
Important road junction at Datang (大唐) given up by the Japanese as they retreated and withdrew to the north from Nanning through Liuzhou.
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Wrecked Japanese Plane At Liuzhou

***A wrecked Japanese airplane left at Liuzhou after the Japanese retreat after Ichigo.
A wrecked Japanese airplane left at Liuzhou after the Japanese retreat after Ichigo. See GIs inspecting this plane here.
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Repairing Liuzhou Runway

Captain Berwyn Fly and Lt. Col. Wright Hiatt survey damage done to former 14th Air Force flight strip at Liuzhou (Liuchow) by the Japanese before retreating northward. In WWII.
Captain Berwyn Fly and Lt. Col. Wright Hiatt survey damage done to former 14th Air Force flight strip at Liuzhou (Liuchow) by the Japanese before retreating northward. In WWII.
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John Jacob Gerber

John Gerber in uniform and with Army Air Forces WWII Shoulder Patch, in hand-colored image.
John Jacob Gerber in uniform and with Army Air Forces WWII Shoulder Patch, in hand-colored image. John Gerber, born February 24, 1924, served in the 322nd Troop Carrier Squadron in the CBI during WWII. John Gerber finished 12th grade at Hinckley High School, in Hinckley, Ohia in 1942, then worked a half year at Thompson Aircraft, in Cleveland, running a...
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