Following is a list of public domain Websites and individuals that assisted in compiling the information contained in this document and appendices. I express my gratitude to all the veterans who took the time to write, email, or call me, and to the individuals who maintain the Websites designed to record and preserve the history of the CBI theater in WWII.
One fact I have discovered is that history is only as accurate as the effort made to record it and that unless the effort is made to record it will be lost. This is evident as several of the Websites used to compile this document are no longer active as the persons who maintained them have made their final flight over the hump and their sites are now lost to us. The same is true for several of the veterans who assisted me in this effort. I hope that this will be a living document that will help preserve the history of the CBI and the men who fought there.
Websites, Books, OrganizationsOffice of Air Force History Wesley Craven & James Cate, editors "The Army Almanac: A Book of Facts Concerning the Army of the United States" US Government Printing Office, 1950. AVG Backround (www.hamcdc.com/avg.htm - NO LONGER ACTIVE) B-29 Superfortress Then and Now Boeing B-29 Enola Gay and Bockscar B-29's that carried the Atom Bombs (www.fiddlersgreen.net/aircraft/bombers/B-29/enolagay/enolagay.htm - NO LONGER ACTIVE) Brian's Squadron Patches of WWII Burma Banshees Burma Banshees - The 80th Fighter Group Burma Bridge Busters (490th Bomb Sq) Burma Star Association CBI Flyer (www.cbiflyer.org - NO LONGER ACTIVE) CBI Hump Pilots Association (CEASED OPERATIONS SEPT 2005) CBI Info (cbiinfo.org - NO LONGER ACTIVE) CBI Veterans Association (Sound-off Newsletter) (CEASED OPERATIONS SEPT 2005) China-Burma-India Theater of World War II The China-Burma-India (CBI) Theater of World War II - Mr. William B. "Ben" Thompson Memorial Chindits Special Force Burma 1943-1944 Combat Squadrons of the Air Force - World War II; AFHRC, Maurer Maurer, editor: (Adobe Acrobat files) or
Air Force Historical Research Agency
Combat Units of WWII; AFHRA, Maurer Maurer, editor:
or
Air Force Historical Studies Office (Adobe Acrobat file)
Daniel Novak - CBI Photos
dcmilitary.com
Elmendorf AFB History
Emergency Rescue Squadrons
Enola Gay - Former Exhibition Information
Enola Gay Remembered - The Official of Ret. General Paul W. Tibbets
Ex-CBI Roundup Magazine
Flightsuits.com
Flying the Hump
Flying the Hump, 1942-1945
Flying the Hump Website
Flying Tigers: American Volunteer Group
Flyingtigersky.com (www.flyingtigersky.com/index.htm - NO LONGER ACTIVE)
Glenn Hensley - CBI Photos
Globalsecurity.org
Imphal, The Hump and Beyond - U.S.A.A.F. Combat Cargo Groups of the Second World War
Insigne.org
International Combat Camera Association, Inc.
International Liaison Pilot and Aircraft Association (ILPA)
James A. Corbitt Tribute (www.geocities.com/james_a_corbitt/jamesacorbitt.html - NO LONGER ACTIVE)
Jone's Locker of Military Lists
Kachin Rangers (www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0HZY/is_4_15/ai_100230655 - PAGE NO LONGER AVAILABLE)
Merrill's Marauders Association
Merrill's Marauders Combined Operations in Northern Burma in 1944 (www-cgsc.army.mil/carl/resources/csi/Bjorge/BJORGE.asp - no longer active)
Merrill's Marauders: February - May 1944 (US Army Center of Military History)
military.com website for Mr. Charles Aresta
Military Shoulder Patches of the US
Museum of the Kansas Nation Guard
National Museum of the United States Air Force
Office of Strategic Services (OSS) Detachment 101
Office of Strategic Services Operational Groups
Old China Hands (www.oldchinahands.org/och/index.html - NO LONGER ACTIVE)
OSS Detachment 303 Story
Philippe's Aviation Pages (www.phil123.addr.com - NO LONGER ACTIVE)
"Pigeons In Combat" Website
Prairie Bombers Digital Library
Profiles in Penn History
Project 7A
Radio Intelligence in CBI
Records of the U.S. Army Forces in the China-Burma-India
Remembering Shared Honor Association for Preserving the History of WWII in Asia (www.rshonor.org - NO LONGER ACTIVE)
Report on Asian Pacific Islander Veterans (voice.i29.net/files/APIWGrep.pdf - PAGE NO LONGER AVAILABLE)
sacpatches.com
Signal Corps 150th Anniversary Commemorative Site Signal Corps 150th Anniversary (U.S. Army Center of Military History) Signal Corps in the China-Burma-India Theater (www.gordon.army.mil/AC/WWII/CBI.HTM - PAGE NO LONGER AVAILABLE) Sino-American Aviation Heritage Foundation Society of Oral History on Modern China Special Forces website (www.specwarnet.com - NO LONGER ACTIVE) Successor to the Flying Tigers: The China Air Task Force (www.historynet.com/ahi/blcatf/ - NO LONGER ACTIVE) Supplying War: Interservice and Interallied Cooperation in China-Burma-India The United States Army Air Forces in WWII Unit Citation and Campaign Participation Credit RegisterDept. of the Army Pamphlet 672-1, July 1961. Unit Decorations, Awards, and Campaign Participation Credits Air Force Pamphlet 900-1, July 1971. Unit Decorations, Awards, and Campaign Participation Credits Air Force Pamphlet 900-2, November 1981. Unit Decorations, Awards, and Campaign Participation Credits Air Force Pamphlet 36-2801, September 1984. United States Army in World War II The Middle East Theater The Persian Corridor and Aid to Russia by T.H. Vail Motter Center of Military History United States Army U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Home Page U.S. Army Office of Medical History United States Army Quartermaster Center and School United States Army Quartermaster Museum Bundles From The Sky Flying Quartermasters - Bundles for Burma Boys Introducing the AMSAC Supplies for the Troops in Burma - WWII University of Pennsylvania Archives and Records Center US 8th AF Little Friends US Army Air Forces In WWII US Army Center of Military History U.S. Army Special Operations Command USAAF/USAF Air Commando and Special Operations Units from WWII to 2002 USAAF/USAF Combat Weather Team (www.geocities.com/combatweather/afsoc.html - NO LONGER ACTIVE) USAF Airlift & Air Refueling Patch Collection USAF Patch Collectors Forum & Gallery Walker Army Air Field - A History (www.blauedrache.net - NO LONGER ACTIVE) web-birds.com (www.web-birds.com - NO LONGER ACTIVE) WWII B-29 Footage (atheyfamily.org/B29/index.htm - NO LONGER ACTIVE) World War II Combat Medic The World War II Combat Medic (home.att.net/~steinert/index.html - no longer active) The World War II Lecture Institute (www.wwiilectureinstitute.com/stories/eisenberg.htm - NO LONGER ACTIVE) "World War II Order of Battle" Shelby L. Stanton, 1984. IndividualsCarl Adams, Hot Springs Village, AR J. C. Alberts, Barrington, IL Robert Allman, Brownwood, TX Frank Ambrose Shane Anderson George Andrejko, Jr., Altoona, FL Albert Andrews, Berea, OH SMSgt. David P. Anderson, ANG History Office/NGB-PAI Larry Arnold, Washington, MI Jim Augustus James Baker Richard Baker, Rindge, NH Deborah Wilster Barker George Bartunek, Laguna Hills, CA James Beatty, Massillon, Ohio Armond Beguhn, Eau Claire, WI Jonathan Bernstein Ken Beyer, Orchard Park, NY Theresa Biasi Robert Black, Fountain Hills, AZ Allan Blue, Bendersville, PA Lee Bly, Horseheads, NY Mark Boland, Waldorf, MD Hope Bone, Lebanon, OH Charles Booth, Ashland, OR Robert Bourlier, Bradenton, FL Ralph Breckenridge, Winter Park, FL Tim Breeden Steve Bricker, Dayton, OH Michael Brown, Portland, OR Mark Bursian, Rapid City, MI Capt. Steven Byrum, USAF Frank Cabral, Newington, Connecticut Jeff Campbell William Carlin, Conshohocken, PA Capt. Erik Carlson, USAF Glenn Carman Tom Carr, Natick, MA Shane Carroll Ray Carpenter, Portland, OR Park Carter, Eureka, KS James Casey Peter Castner Todd Chisam John Clark, Cuddebackville, NY Thomas G. Clark John Collier Billie Conrad, Valley City, OH Bill Cook, Bangor, Maine Joe Cooper, Delray Beach, FL Jim Corbitt, Dayton, OH Chuck Cortright Samuel Crabtree, Howell, NJ Alessandro Croseri Dave Dale, St. Louis, MO Joe Dantonio, Roseville, CA Simon Davies Chris Davis Louis DeRosa Lt. Col. Steven DiMatteo, USAF George Dively Virginia Dyer Phillip R. Earles, Princeton, IN Mitzi Easley, Austin, TX Tom Egleston, Jacksonville, FL Cliff R. Elliot, Worchester, MA Clifford Emling, Cleveland, OH Jacob Engelbrect, Frederick, MD Thomas Evans, Nashville, TN Robert Fagelson, Nagadoches, TX Frank "Bud" Farrell, Tucson, AZ Ray Fincham David Firman, Lutherville, MD Sue Foley, Massapequa Park, NY Thomas Foltz, Fort Wayne, IN Carl Fritz John Gaffney Phil Galvano Henry Gates James Gavin, Killeen, TX Robert Gettlefinger Rob Getz Bernie Gold Clarence Gordon Karen Grubaugh, Boerne, TX James Hacker Joe Harding, Ringoes, NJ Loy Harper, Lehigh Acres, FL Barbara Hayes, Portsmouth, NH Melinda Hengl Glenn Hensley, Kirkwood, MO Ken Hoelscher, Dayton, OH Thurman Holder, Long Beach, CA Herbert Holzmann, San Antonio, TX Terry L. Horstead Don House, Lancaster, PA Frank Ituarte Michael James Frank Jasek, Waco, TX Arnold Johnson William Johnson Harry Kaplan Al Kaufman, Modesto, CA David Kaufman Joe Kelleher Clark King Dwight King Nick King Capt. Norbert "Bert" King II, USAF Peter Kirkup David Krier Dick Kurzenberger Lee La Prise, South Hadley, MA Valerie Laam Robert Larson, Fort Collins, CO Howard Lasker, Albany, NY Dr. Irving Leff, Claremont, CA Allison Leinbach Leo (Sapienza) Leonhart, Tucson, AZ David Lesjak Peter Lieback, Fairfield, New Jersey James Liebgott George Lockwood Jim Logue Charles Louis Ann MacKay, Warner Robins, GA Douglas MacLeod Donald Marsch, Hanover, PA Robert Martin, Fayetteville, AR Jay Marvin Bill Matthis Capt. Christopher Mazzei, USAF Dolores McDonald Phil McGonagle, North Berwick, ME Brian McManus, Wind Lake, WI William McManus, Milwaukee, WI Harold McWhorter Russell Melton, Seymour, IN Chuck Mette, Olean, NY Tom Miller, Allentown, PA John Morse, St. Petersburg, FL James Myers, Terre Haute, IN Raymond Nech, Salina, KS Walt Neidert, San Antonio, TX James Nelson, Pittsgrove, NJ Tim O'Dell Marty Oxenburg, Elkins Park, PA John Patrick Joseph Patterson Don Pearce, Puyallup, WA Brent Peeples Glenn Pendleton Robert Pierce, Lakewood, CO Frank Polaski, Tampa Bay, FL Greg Polaski, Pembroke Pines, FL Andrew Popalis, Shenandoah, PA Zadoc A. Pool James Quinn James Rader Ronald Rapacki Dan Recter Aaron Redding Morton Reichek, Boynton Beach, FL Helen Richards, Beloit, WI Charles Ridge, Penndel, PA George M. C. Robinson Thornton Rose Joseph Rosemblume, Cleveland, OH Paul Rounds, Claremore, OK Nick Sanchez, Kerryville, TX Robert Sarlo, Hawthorne, NY Lee Schnur, Hamilton, OH Al Shaffer, Altoona, PA Bernie Shearon Wilbur Shepard, St. Petersburg, FL Howdy Sherman Paul Shindelar, Granite Falls, WA Glenn Shira, Manassas, VA Johnny Signor, Palm Bay, FL Robert Standley, Keizer, OR Ray Stewart Patrick Stinson Luke Strass Mark Styling, England John "Jack" Thomas Richard Thome, Columbus, OH Joe Thompson, Secane, PA James Togue Ford Tolbert, Glenpool, OK Vicky Trotter, Ashville, OH David Truncer A.R. Van De Weghe, River Edge, NJ Clif Voshen Robert Watson Paul West Jerry White Frank C. Wilkosz David Wilma, Seattle, WA Kathy Worley Bob Ziemba Gerald Zimmerman, Cottage Hills, IL |