1945

These are graves for Chinese soldier workers/engineers (names 石玉珠 and 李桂标), photos taken by Robert F. Riese in or around Liuzhou city, Guangxi province, China, in 1945. Blowups of the marker text are included below on the off chance that Chinese viewers might find them useful.

Liuzhou city from the south side of the river, in WWII, in 1945.

Bob Riese looks over a destroyed bridge at Liuzhou, China, during WWII, in 1945.

Tents for GIs at the American base at Liuzhou during WWII, silhouetted against the sunset, in 1945.

Captain Glade C. Burton, a pilot with the 51st Fighter Group, disappeared strangely on a short routine flight near Kunming on January 20, 1945, and never have there any clues regarding what might have happened to him. Even through 60 years have passed, he has by no means been forgotten, and the costs that these great men and their families...

Jose Martinez, airplane mechanic with the 396th, standing in front of the Huangguoshu waterfall in Guizhou (Kweichow) province, China. Image courtesy of Elmer Bukey.

Guilin Engineering Area--396th Air Service Squadron men, first row (left to right): ?, ?. Back row: Knecht, ??, Rhoads, ??.

A member of the 12th Air Service Group poses for the camera in China during WWII.

On a ferry with Chinese soldiers crossing a river in southwest China during WWII.

Buildings at an American airbase in China during WWII.