1944

1st Lt. Folke Leon Johnson, A.S.N. 0-799026. Lt. Johnson was on a 308th Bombardment Group B-24 (listed as "Old Acquaintance", #44-40826). He and the remainder of the crew were MIA on December 18, 1944 (declared deceased December 19, 1945) on a flight off the coast of China. He entered the service from Virginia. Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, Purple...

Maintenance personnel move across upper surfaces during pre-mission servicing of a B-25H 'gunship' of the 11th Bomb Squadron (not Group), 341st Bomb Group at Yang Tong Airfield, Guilin in Guangxi province, China. Circa fall of 1944.

Burning the American airbase at Guilin during the evacuation before the Japanese Ichigo advance in 1944, in Guangxi province.

Burning the American airbase at Guilin during the evacuation before the Japanese Ichigo advance in 1944, in Guangxi province.

Refugees fleeing Guilin city (Kwelin) area during the evacuation before the Japanese Ichigo advance in 1944, in Guangxi province.

Refugees fleeing during the evacuation before the Japanese Ichigo advance in 1944, in Guangxi province.

Refugees rest while fleeing during the evacuation before the Japanese Ichigo advance in 1944, in Guangxi province.

Young refugee fleeing during the evacuation before the Japanese Ichigo advance in 1944, in Guangxi province.

Refugees fleeing at the Guilin train station during the evacuation before the Japanese Ichigo advance in 1944, in Guangxi province. Selig Seidler was a member of the 16th Combat Camera Unit in the CBI during WWII.

Refugees fleeing at the Guilin train station during the evacuation before the Japanese Ichigo advance in 1944, in Guangxi province.