China Burma India Theater (CBI)

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Gross, Herbert Overseas Deployment
Herbert Gross and his fellow bomber crewmen received their plane in Kansas for ship out overseas. It was a desert paint...
Hever, John Overseas Deployment
When John Hever arrived in Los Angeles, California, he was part of the unattached 931st Signal Battalion (Aviation)(SP...
Notebaert, Richard Overseas Deployment and Flying Combat Missions
At Morrison Army Airfield in Florida, Richard Notebaert's old crew broken up, and he was assigned to another crew that...
Habeeb, Albert Overseas Duty
Dr. Albert Habeeb was assigned to the Eastern Flying Training Command in Camden, South Carolina as a flight surgeon. He...
Haslett, Revis Overseas Experiences
Revis Haslett initially wanted to join the Marines but went into the Army Air Forces instead. He was working with a...
Eustis, Lawrence Overseas to CBI
Lawrence Eustis was commander of the 11th Photo Lab which was to be attached to the 40th Bombardment Group which flew B...
Rineer, Robert Overseas to India
Robert Rineer served in the Army Air Corps during World War 2. He was assigned as an instructor, and then worked in a...
Varner, Joel P-40 versus P-51
Joel Varner flew P-40s [Annotator's Note: Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter aircraft] in his initial training. He had been...
Symons, John P-51s and Going Home
John Symons started out with P-40s [Annotator's Note: Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter aircraft]. Chennault [Annotator's...
Gross, Herbert Pearl Harbor
Herbert Gross recollects sending his sister off by train to the west coast when the bombing of Pearl Harbor was...
Harris, Robert "Bob" Performance of Aircraft, Living in India, and Entertainment in China
When Robert H. "Bob" Harris finished his induction training, he was assigned to single-engine planes. He was happy with...
Spector, Samuel "Sam" Personnel and Supply
There were just a few Americans assigned to Samuel Spector's OSS Detachment 101 outfit. Some came and went, but there...
Eustis, Lawrence Photo Group Stateside
Lawrence Eustis was drafted into the Army Air Corps on 20 July 1942 and sent to Alexandria, Louisiana for his...
Tsubota, Thomas Photographs and Final Thoughts
[Annotator's Note: Thomas Kiyoshi Tsubota and the interviewer review a photograph album that he had kept during and...
Haslett, Revis Pilot Training
In primary training, Revis Haslett flew a P-17 [Annotator's Note: the PT-17 Stearman]. In basic training, he flew a B-...
Pribyl, William Pipeline Statistics and Specifications
After William J. Pribyl inventoried the pipeline, it was dismantled and cut up for scrap, under the Army's conditions...
Espree, Elmo Postwar
At the end of the war, Elmo Espree was transported through the Suez Canal, the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean...
Wheeler, Berle Postwar
Berle Wheeler attended college at the University of Oklahoma [Annotator's Note: in Norman, Oklahoma] and then...
Peterson, Cleveland Postwar
Cleveland Peterson did not take advantage of the GI Bill for education, but he did use it to build a house. After the...
Ward, George Postwar
George C. Ward remained in Burma after the war [Annotator’s Note: he was deployed to the China-Burma-India Theater in...
Uthes, Roy Postwar
Roy Uthes was in Myitkyinā when word was received about the end of the war with Japan. After the war he was flown out...
Auerbach, Herbert Postwar
When the war in Europe ended, Herbert Auerbach found out there was a point system set up to determine who went home and...
Garten, Perry Postwar
Perry Garten did not want to remain in the military after the war. Upon returning home, his former company did not...
Eustis, Lawrence Postwar & Reflections
Lawrence Eustis did not use the G.I. Bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I. Bill, or Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944,...
Rineer, Robert Postwar & Reflections
After Robert Rineer was discharged from the Army Air Corps, he married his fiancée and then used the G.I. Bill [...
Hirabayashi, Grant Postwar and Reflections
Grant Jiro Hirabayashi reunited with his parents in Minnesota where they had relocated after they were released from...
Penick, Ed Postwar and Reflections
Edward Moore Penick was separated from service and returned to the University of Arkansas [Annotator’s Note: in...
Anderson, Howard Postwar and Reflections
Howard Anderson reported to El Toro, California where he spent two weeks in a rest and recuperation base. Nobody let...
Spector, Samuel "Sam" Postwar Career
Samuel Spector recalled hearing of the war in Europe ending and the atomic bombs being dropped. He was in Burma when he...
Tate, Gary Postwar Career
Gary Tate had the opportunity to work with the brother of General Claire Chennault while both of them served in their...
Fronk, Wesley Postwar Civil Service
Wesley Fronk would have liked to have stayed in the service longer. When he got stationed in Shanghai [Annotator's Note...
Offenbacher, Robert Postwar Life
Robert Offenbacher did not want to stay in the Army. He had his last meal in the Army at Indiantown Gap [Annotator’s...
Daley, Chris Postwar Life
Chris Daley thought the atomic bombs [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, 6 and...
Hayward, David Postwar Life
After returning to the United States, David K. Hayward was sent to Santa Monica, California to be reassigned. He was...
Haslett, Revis Postwar Life
After the war, Revis Haslett and his dad bought a grocery store but he wished he had gone to school instead. The store...
Burnside, Frank Postwar Life
Frank R. Burnside manages a farm and plantation as his father did, and his son will after him. He did not have trouble...

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