1945

Second large city in the Siang Corridor to be reoccupied by Chinese ground forces is Liuchow (Liuzhou). Scene of heavy fighting, the city unlike Nanning which was evacuated with only minor damage, suffered severely... From the U.S. Government sources.

Evidence of the aerial and artillery beating Liuchow (Liuzhou) took before the Japanese evacuated on June 30, 1945. Both the city and its airfield were heavily damaged. From the U.S. Government sources.

GI poses among the rubble. Bomb damage on a street corner in Liuchow (Liuzhou). The city and airfield both suffered heavily during the fighting that preceded the Japanese evacuation on June 30, 1945. A American serviceman stands in the foreground, next to a slogan that reads in Chinese, "Support Chairman Jiang", and the name of the building formerly, the "Lucky...

Yang Kai Tsue, China. 6 July 1954.... Capt Carl F. Benner, 330 Marshall Ave., Webster Groves, MO., 103rd Division Liaison Officer with T/3 William R. Hinshaw, 969 Regent St., Boulder, CO., and Mr. Wen Jen, Chinese interpreter of the 8th Chinese Army instructs a class of Chinese students in correct method of using a pack carrier and pack saddle. Photo...

KUNMING, CHINA--22 June 45... Every Friday the "Trojan" C-54 that travels non-stop from Calcutta to Kunming, China, arrives at the airbase bringing the copies of the "China Lantern" China Theater Newspaper. L to R: T/3 Andrew G. Hoover, Theater Information Education, Pfc David Holman, Omaha, Nebrl, ATC Flight Clerk, unload the papers from the "Trojan". Photo by Cpl J. J...

Major Gen. Charles B. Stone, and another officer, riding a 341st Bomb Group, 14th Air Force, jeep during a visit to Yangkai on the August 29, 1945. The jeep has stenciled "Chabua" (India), however groups and materials moved around, so it is not surprising to see this jeep in China, especially by the summer of 1945.

Battle cry of the liberators – Message on right of entrance to devastated photo studio, written in chalk by conquering Chinese ground troops declares "Reoccupation of Liuchow is prelude to final victory" (克服柳州是最后胜利的前奏). Before the battle around Liuzhou during Ichigo, this shop looked quite different [view].

Japanese hoped to destroy personnel and equipment at the former Fourteenth Air Force base at Liuchow, but American soldiers have equipment with which to safely remove the mines. Liuchow was recaptured on 30 June, 1945.

FROM: PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICE CODE: 07111635-E FOURTEENTH AIR FORCE Release Upon Rept Cleared Goldberg USF CT CHINESE HELP REPAIR LIUCHOW AIRSTRIP FOURTEENTH AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS, IN CHINA-- When the Japanese left the former Fourteenth Air Force Base at Liuchow, they left it heavily mined and pockmarked with bomb craters. Workers set out to repair the damage, while engineers of the...

FROM: PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICE FOURTEENTH AIR FORCE CODE 07121500 RELEASE UPON RECEIPT CLEARED GOLDBERG USFCT DEVASTATION OF REOCCUPIED LIUCHOW HEADQUARTERS, FOURTEENTH AIR FORCE, CHINA --- The ruins of Liuchow, after the Japanese had evacuated it 30 June, as seen from the South Bank of the Liu Kiang. 14TH AIR FORCE ORIGINATED BY: PRO (RH) From the U.S. Government sources.