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On Thurs. 14 Sep 1944 Joseph Stilwell visited Guilin, China and ordered.....

1944-09-14

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Joseph Stilwell visited Guilin, China and ordered the nearby airfields to be abandoned and gas stores destroyed to prevent Japanese capture.

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