1944

Chinese workers sorting through the aftermath of Japanese bombing raid on railway with load of fuel barrels. Liuzhou, China, September 1944.

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.

Kealy, Johnny Burns, Schmidt, Hammett, Alexander, Nash, Nyreen, Alelunas, Sam Knox, Liuzhou, September 1944. Train in the background is full of barrels of fuel. The disturbed ground in the foreground is likely caused by bombing.

Local people wash clothes. Probably at Yangkai, China. During WWII.

Floating "boat-bridge, looking towards our side of Luichow, China Sept 1944." Horse-Saddle mountain (马鞍山) in the background.

The bar barge and stilted houses at Liuzhou. Looking toward the other side of Liuzhou from the boat bridge, Sept. 1944.

Frank Bates, Johnny Burns, and George Butsika at the Lucky Cafe in Liuzhou, China. Sept 1944. See the Lucky Cafe after the destruction of Ichigo here.

Johnson, Macaluso, Gornick, Lemmon pose with a crashed "Rum Runner" B-25 in Liuzhou June 1944. William "Wild Bill" Gornick completed his required 200 combat flying hours on "Rum Runner" as it crash landed following a mission against Tien Ho airbase. Bill assisted the maintenance personnel with salvaging all the useable parts they could until he left for the USA a...

American flyers and mechanics, ground support, etc. gather for a group photo before a Ringer Squadron B-25 Mitchell. Yangkai, May or June 1944?

Howard Mealey, Stengle on the B-25 "Rum Runner", tail number #445, Liuzhou, June 1944. The aircraft had crashed landed after returning from a mission and the men are in the process of salvaging all useable parts. (Info courtesy Tony Strotman)