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Train - Finish - Bridge also went. This was a double-header - Train was knocked out with guns; The bridge was "clipped" destroying mid section into water.

"It won't be long now! Watch bombs in air..." This train was wiped out with low level bombs & gunfire. Note on back of the photo reads: Three track RR sliding with 17 cars and locomotive, which is destroyed, note wreckage from bomb bursts and quantity of escaping steam. 3 cars probably destroyed, more damaged. Two of track torn up...

In Liuzhou, Guangxi. Train in the background burned after Japanese bombing on September 27, 1944. In the foreground Col. Richard Wise (AGFRTS) takes stock. According to Hal, Col. Wise was somewhat unconventional, and on at least one occasion made a parachute jump without the proper gear (proper shoes), and was bawled out by Chennault. This photo is similar to some...

An American fuel train at the edge of the field, at Liuzhou, after bombing by Japanese bombers of September 27, 1944 during 45 minute air raid.

Chinese refugees on a train in Guangxi during Ichigo in the fall of 1944.

Chinese refugees at the train station in Liuzhou during WWII, in the fall of 1944, as the Japanese advanced during the Ichigo campaign.

Allied gas train at the edge of the field, Liuzhou (Luichow), China Sept 1944, after a Japanese bombing raid, during WWII.

Allied gas train at the edge of the field, Liuzhou (Luichow), China Sept 1944, after a Japanese bombing raid, during WWII.

Allied gas train at the edge of the field, Liuzhou (Luichow), China Sept 1944, after a Japanese bombing raid, during WWII.

Two refugee children pose for the photographer before crates of supplies. At the train station in Liuzhou during WWII, in the fall of 1944, as the Japanese advanced during the Ichigo campaign.