| MAR. 3RD-1944 | COMPANY LEFT TWO ROCK RANCH, PETALUMA, CAL. |
| MAR. 4TH-1944 | ARRIVED AT CAMP ANZA, CAL., VIA LOS ANGELES. |
| MAR. 8TH-1944 | BOARDED S.S MARIPOSA AT WILMINGTON, CAL. |
| MAR. 9TH-1944 | SAILED FROM U.S. ON THAT MORNING |
| MAR. 21ST-1944 | PASSED INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE AT 1 AM, LOST 1 DAY. |
| MAR. 25TH-1944 | PASSED KINGS ISLAND, FIRST SIGHT OF LAND SINCE U.S. |
| MAR. 28TH-1944 | ARRIVED AT FREMANTLE, AUSTRALIA. |
| MAR. 29TH-1944 | DEBARKED AT FREMANTLE FOR SHORE LEAVE OF 12 HOURS TO VISIT PERTH. |
| MAR. 30TH-1944 | SAILED FROM AUSTRALIA. |
| APR. 4TH-1944 | PICKED UP ESCORT OF 3 BRITISH CORVETTES IN THE INDIAN OCEAN. |
| APR. 8TH-1944 | ARRIVED AT BOMBAY, INDIA. |
| APR. 9TH-1944 | EASTER SUNDAY, COMPANY SPLIT INTO 2 DET. ABOARD SHIP. |
| APR. 10TH-1944 | DEBARKED FROM BOAT, ENTRAINED FOR TRAIN TRIP ACROSS INDIA TO CALCUTTA. |
| APR. 15TH-1944 | ARRIVED AT CAMP AT KANCHAPARA, NEAR CALCUTTA. |
| APR. 27TH-1944 | MOVED TO CAMP 10 MILES FROM CALCUTTA TO BARRAKAPORE. |
| JUN. 19TH-1944 | LEFT BARRAKAPORE FOR TRIP TO ASSAM. |
| JUN. 29TH-1944 | ARRIVED AT CHABUA IN ASSAM AFTER 10 DAYS TRIP TO BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER, PANDU AND TWO TRAINS. JOINED OTHER DETACHMENT. |
| JUL. 3RD-1944 | PREPARED FOR FLIGHT TO CHINA; TACTICAL SITUATION PREVENTED TRIP. REASON: KWEILIN WAS IN DANGER OF THE JAPS. |
| SEP. 7TH-1944 | LEFT CHABUA FOR CHINA AT 10:45 P.M. ON A C-47. ARRIVED KUNMING, CHINA AT 0245 A.M. LIVING QUARTERS AT HOSTEL 8 I.T.C. |
| NOV. 2ND-1944 | CHINA DET. SPLIT INTO TWO SECTIONS. OTHER SECTION WENT TO PADSHAN NEAR THE SALWEEN FOR THEIR MISSION. |
| DEC. 24TH-1944 | SPENT XMAS EVE AND DAY IN FOXHOLE. HAD 5 AIR ALERTS IN THE TWO DAYS. SAW KUNMING AIRFIELD BOMBED. |
| DEC. 26TH-1944 | OUR DET. HAD XMAS PARTY BUT INTERRUPTED BY AIR RAID. |
| JAN. 24TH-1945 | MOVED FROM I.T.C. TO OUR OWN CAMP TO LIVE IN TENTS FOR THE REST OF THE WAR. |
| FEB. 4TH-1945 | AT 10:00 A.M. SAW FIRST CONVOY TO COME OVER THE BURMA ROAD. |
| MAR. 12TH-1945 | PADSHAN DET. REJOINED US AT KUNMING. THEIR MISSION OVER. |
| APR. 23RD-1945 | LEFT KUNMING WITH ONE JEEP AND TRUCK, FOR ALL POINTS NORTH. SIX MEN, CAPT. ADKINS, LT. HARDY, SHAD LASSITER, JORDAN, CHINESE INTERPRETER KWAING AND MYSELF. |
| APR. 23RD-1945 | ARRIVED AT CHANI LATE THAT NIGHT AFTER TRUCK BREAKING DOWN THREE TIMES. |
| APR. 24TH-1945 | LEFT CHANI IN THR MORNING FOR ANNANON THE ROAD TO KWEIYAN. ARRIVED ANNAN EARLY THAT NIGHT, MADE BETTER TIME BUT STILL BROKE DOWN SEVERAL TIMES. PASSED THE 29 STEPS BEFORE ENTERING ANNAN. |
| APR. 25TH-1945 | LEFT ANNAN IN THE MORNING AND ARRIVED KWEIYANG THAT AFTERNOON. LAID OVER AT KWEIYANG FOR SEVERAL DAYS TO GET REPAIRS. MADE FIRST CONTACT BY RADIO WITH OUR CO. BACK AT KUNMING. |
| APR. 27TH-1945 | LEFT KWEIYANG FOR CHUNGKING IN THE AFTERNOON. STOPPED OF AT TSIEN-I IN THE MORNING. STOPPED FOR NIGHT AT TRANSIENT CAMP 46 KILO. FROM CHUNGKING, TRIED TO MAKE CONTACT BUT BLEW A BEARING IN POWER UNIT, NO OIL. TOOK A BATH IN HOT SPRING. |
| APR. 29TH-1945 | LEFT REST CAMP IN THE MORNING, CROSSED YANGTZE RIVER NEAR CHUNGKING. EARLY THAT AFTERNOON, MOVED INTO BARRACKS, SWELL SERVICE AND DING HOA CHOW. MANAGED TO SWIPE GEN. WEDERMEYER'S POWER UNIT. WORKED KUNMING ON TOP OF HILL OVERLOOKING THE CHIALING RIVER AND CHUNGKING. ALSO HAD TRUCKS IN FOR REPAIRS. |
| MAY 6TH-1945 | LEFT CHUNGKING FOR LIANGSHAN. ROADS WERE BAD, RAINING. TRAVELED TO DARK. NO REST CAMP SO SLEPT IN A LITTLE SHACK BY THE ROAD. DROVE ALL THAT DAY AND DID NOT SEE ONE WHITE PERSON. |
| MAY 7TH-1945 | LEFT THE ROADSIDE FOR LIANGSHAN IN THE MORNING. PASSED THROUGH CHUHSIEN. ARRIVED IN THE AFTERNOON AT 5TH RAD. SQUAD MADE TESTS, SPENT SEVERAL DAYS THERE. |
| MAY 8TH-1945 | THAT NIGHT WHILE WORKING KUNMING WE HEARD THE NEWS OF THE SURRENDER IN GERMANY. |
| MAY 9TH-1945 | LEFT LIANGSHAN EARLY THAT MORNING. ROADS DRY, MADE GOOD TIME. ARRIVED IN CHUNGKING THAT NIGHT. LAID OVER IN CHUNGKING AGAIN FOR ALMOST A WEEK. HAD TRUCKS REPAIRED AGAIN. |
| MAY 16TH-1945 | LEFT CHUNGKING AIRPORT AT 9:30 A.M. FOR THE NORTH. FLEW OVER SIAN AND ARRIVED AT THE COMMUNIST H.Q. AT VENAN, 12:30 P.M. THAT DAY. FINISHED MAKING TESTS IN SEVERAL DAYS BUT HAD TO WAIT FOR PLANE AS WEATHER WAS BAD. MADE CONTACT WITH KUNMING ALMOST EVERY NIGHT. COMMUNIST COUNTRY MUCH DIFFERENT THAN THE SOUTHERN CHINA. PEOPLE HONEST AND CLEAN. WOMEN WEAR PANTS AND NOT FEMININE. |
| MAY 23RD-1945 | LEFT YENAN BY PLANE AT 1:50 P.M. STOPPED OFF AT SIAN AT 3:00 P.M. GASSED UP AND LEFT AT 3:40 P.M. ARRIVED CHUNGKING AT 6:05 P.M. AFTER FLYING OVER HEAVY STORM. LAYED OVER SEVERAL DAYS AS TRUCKS STILL NOT WORKING. |
| MAY 28TH-1945 | LEFT CHUNGKING IN DIRECTION OF CHENGTU. STOPPED OVER AT LUNGCHANG FOR THE NIGHT. SLEPT IN AN OLD CHINESE HOSPITAL. STILL HAVING TROUBLE WITH TRUCKS. |
| MAY 29TH-1945 | LEFT LUNGCHANG FOR IPIN BUT FOUND OUT THAT THERE WERE NO ROADS LEADING TO THAT TOWN. TRUCK STILL NOT WORKING AND DECIDE TO RETURN TO KUNMING FOR NEW TRUCK. STOPPED OFF AT LUNSIEN AIRBASE FOR REPAIRS; STILL NO GOOD. TRAVELED ONLY 60 KILO THAT DAY. STAYED THAT NIGHT AT A G.I. MORTAR SCHOOL. |
| MAY 30TH-1945 | LEFT THE MORTAR SCHOOL FOR KUNMING. TRUCK WORKING O.K. TRAVELED OVER 200 KILO THAT DAY. ARRIVED AT PI-CHIEN THAT NIGHT. SLEPT AT A DUTCH MISSIONARY. |
| MAY 31ST-1945 | LEFT PI-CHIEN FOR CHANI, TRAVELED TO LATE THAT NIGHT. MADE GOOD TIME; BROKE ABOUT 4 SPRINGS. |
| JUN. 1ST-1945 | HAD TRUCKS REPAIRED AGAIN. LEFT CHANI THAT AFTERNOON. ARRIVED IN KUNMING THAT EVENING. |
| JUL. 26TH-1945 | SMALL DET. ARRIVED FROM SADIYA, INDIA. ALL MEN FROM INDIA WILL EVENTUALLY COME TO CHINA. |
| AUG. 10TH-1945 | HEARD NEWS OF JAP SURRENDER WHILE WATCHING MOVIE TITLED "BEDSIDE MANNERS"; LEFT SHOW TO CELEBRATE. |
| AUG. 15TH-1945 | HEARD PRIME MINISTER ATLEY GIVE HIS SPEECH THAT MORNING I WAS ON SHIFT. "THE JAPS HAVE SURRENDERED." |
