Ichigo Campaign

This image shows US vehicles in the midst of retreat in China during WWII, 1944. (Images provided via Tony Strotman)

From: Public Relations Office Fourteenth Air Force Code 07041430/B Release On Rcpt Cleared Goldberg USFCT -FIRST PICTURES FROM REOCCUPIED LIUCHOW AREA- Valley of the Dead Fourteenth Air Force Headquarters, In China-- Here in the Valley of the Dead, southwest of Liuchow, fighters of the Fourteenth Air Force caught a cavalry column headed towards Liuchow. Japanese did not have time to...

From: Public Relations Office Fourteenth Air Force Code 070414200 Release On Rcpt Cleared Goldberg USFCT -FIRST PICTURES FROM REOCCUPIED LIUCHOW AREA- Medical Supplies Arrive at Ping Yang Fourteenth Air Force Headquarters, In China-- After the Japanese retreated from the area between Nanning and Liuchow American forces brought in equipment and hospital supplies, First American convoy is received at Ping Yang...

From: Public Relations Office Fourteenth Air Force Code 07041420/C Release On Rcpt Cleared Goldberg USFCT -FIRST PICTURES FROM REOCCUPIED LIUCHOW AREA- Damaged Bridge Delays Japanese Retreat Fourteenth Air Force Headquarters, In China-- One of three bridges out 2 miles south of Sulien (probably Silian 思练镇 today) which slowed down 2000 Japanese who were retreated from this area near Liuchow. Japanese...

The B-25H "Rum Runner" from the 491st Bomb Squadron, the "RINGERS", flies in formation on a bombing mission during the Japanese "Ichigo" campaign. Sometime after this photo was taken Rum Runner, combat ID '439' was destroyed when they crashed landed near Liuzhou. No crewmen were seriously injured. Frank Willard Bates has provided photos of Rum Runner after the crash landing...

Rubble and skeleton buildings--all that was left of most of Liuchow [Liuzhou] after heavy aerial bombing and artillery shelling during Japanese occupation." Notice how the original text, scratched out, tells who did the bombing, "...almost continuous Fourteenth Air Force aerial bombardment..." From US Government sources.

This Chinese girl, near starvation, was found in Liuchow [Liuzhou] after the Japanese evacuated the town in their retreat up the Siang Corridor. She sits among damaged buildings awaiting the reentry of Chinese and allied forces. Liuzhou is the second large city to fall on the Japanese GEA Lifeline. Nanning was reoccupied on May 27, 1945. From US Government sources.

Liuchow [Liuzhou] was the scene of hard fighting before the Japanese finally evacuated it. These three Chinese children make the best of their lot as reoccupation of the city goes forward. Liuzhou is the second large city to fall on the Japanese GEA Lifeline. Nanning was reoccupied on May 27, 1945. From US Government sources.

When the Japanese left Liuchow [Liuzhou], there was not much city for the civilians to come back to. This picture, made while the Japanese were still on the outskirts, shows the damage which the Japanese did to the town. From US Government sources.

After heavy fighting in the city of Liuchow [Liuzhou], from which the Japanese were driven, civilians return to their damaged city. Liuzhou is the second large city evacuated by the Japanese in the Siang Corridor. Nanning fell on May 27, 1945, at which time the Japanese GEA lifeline over Asia was broken. From US Government sources.