American mechanics of the 12th Air Service Group carefully ease the fuselage of a C-47 past a large concrete roller. In Guangxi, China, during WWII.

P-61 Black Widow parked at Liuzhou air base during WWII, in 1945.

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

Runway with workers, hand-pulled roller, and airplanes in busy profusion, on the US base at Liuzhou, Guangxi province, China, in 1945.

Two local civilians sit on the ground in destroyed Liuzhou after the return of Chinese and American forces on the tails of the Japanese retreat. In WWII.

American and Chinese servicemen shortly after retreat of Japanese from Guangxi from Liuzhou after Ichigo, now re-entering areas the Japanese had controlled not long before. This photo is likely from around the larger Liuzhou area.

Photographer Pfc J.C. Bowermaster crossing a river in Guangxi province, near Liuzhou city.

16th Combat Camera Unit photographer Hal Geer leans against jeep as he poses in Liuzhou in 1945.