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| B-24 Liberator bombers of the 494th Bomb Group lined up at Barking Sands Airstrip, Kauai, Hawaii, 10 Oct 1943 just before their move to the Caroline Islands. | Chiang Kaishek shortly after being sworn in as the Chairman of Nationalist China, 10 Oct 1943; flanking him were Yu Youren, Wu Zhihui, Song Meiling, Sun Ke, and Dai Chuanxian | Wang Jingwei speaking on the National Day holiday, China, 10 Oct 1943 |
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