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GI tents at Liuzhou during WWII.

Laborers pull roller at Liuzhou during WWI, in 1945. GI tents can be seen in the distance.

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.

GI tents at Liuzhou during WWII.

Tents for GIs at the American base at Liuzhou during WWII. Not the man fishing in the lower right, and the volleyball court right below the tents in the middle.

Laborers pull roller at Liuzhou during WWI, in 1945. A C-54 transport plane can be seen in the distance.

A carpenter rips lumber by hand saw in Liuzhou, China, during WWII.

A city in China during WWII.

Photos taken by Robert F. Riese in or around Liuzhou city, Guangxi province, China, in 1945. Aerial view adjacent to the American base at Liuzhou. Notice the shadow the airplane in the foreground.

A Nationalist memorial to Chinese flyers, erected during the fall of 1935 (民国二十四年九月中浣), seen by Bob Riese in 1945. The inscription reads “云霄万古” in Chinese, roughly “Skies Eternal."