air base

Chinese farmers work in fields outside an American air base in SW China during WWII.

Allied destruction of the American air base at Guilin before retreating in front of the Japanese advance in the summer/fall of 1944.

Air base buildings at the base of a karst mountain at the US base at Guilin, in Guangxi province, China, during WWII.

Cameramen film at an American air base in Guangxi province, China, during WWII. This is either Liuzhou base or Guilin base.

A building on an American air base in Guangxi province, China, during WWII.

An area of an American air base in Guilin, Guangxi province, China, during WWII.

At an American air base in SW China during WWII, dated May 18, 1944. The hand-written notation says "Kunming", but the karst mountains in the background are the type found in Guangxi province, near Liuzhou or Guilin, and definitely no where near Kunming.

An American C-47 takes off behind a Chinese base guard in SW China during WWII.

Air control tower at an American base in China during WWII.

Two shots of the floating bridge at Liuzhou. The main part of the city is on the other side of the river, and the American air base is behind to photographer in the opposite direction.