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 This is evident as several of the Websites used to compile this document are no longer active as the persons who maintained them have made their final flight over the hump and their sites are now lost to us.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 AVG Backround (www.hamcdc.com/avg.htm - NO LONGER ACTIVE) B-29 Superfortress Then and Now Boeing B-29 Enola Gay and Bockscar B-29's that carried the Atom Bombs (www.fiddlersgreen.net/aircraft/bombers/B-29/enolagay/enolagay.htm - NO LONGER ACTIVE) Brian's Squadron Patches of WWII Burma Banshees Burma Banshees - The 80th Fighter Group Burma Bridge Busters (490th Bomb Sq) Burma Star Association CBI Flyer (www.cbiflyer.org - NO LONGER ACTIVE) CBI Hump Pilots Association (CEASED OPERATIONS SEPT 2005) CBI Info (cbiinfo.org - NO LONGER ACTIVE) CBI Veterans Association (Sound-off Newsletter) (CEASED OPERATIONS SEPT 2005) China-Burma-India Theater of World War II The China-Burma-India (CBI) Theater of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
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. IndividualsMr. Carl Adams, Hot Springs Village, AR Mr. J. C. Alberts, Barrington, IL Mr. Robert Allman, Brownwood, TX Mr. Frank Ambrose Mr. Shane Anderson Mr. George Andrejko, Jr., Altoona, FL Mr. Albert Andrews, Berea, OH SMSgt. David P. Anderson, ANG History Office/NGB-PAI Mr. Larry Arnold, Washington, MI Mr. Jim Augustus Mr. James Baker Mr. Richard Baker, Rindge, NH Mr. George Bartunek, Laguna Hills, CA Mr. James Beatty, Massillon, Ohio Mr. Armond Beguhn, Eau Claire, WI Mr. Jonathan Bernstein Mr. Ken Beyer, Orchard Park, NY Mr. Robert Black, Fountain Hills, AZ Mr. Allan Blue, Bendersville, PA Mr. Lee Bly, Horseheads, NY Mr. Mark Boland, Waldorf, MD Mrs. Hope Bone, Lebanon, OH Mr. Charles Booth, Ashland, OR Mr. Robert Bourlier, Bradenton, FL Mr. Ralph Breckenridge, Winter Park, FL Mr. Tim Breeden Mr. Steve Bricker, Dayton, OH Mr. Michael Brown, Portland, OR Mr. Mark Bursian, Rapid City, MI Capt. Steven Byrum, USAF Mr. Frank Cabral, Newington, Connecticut Mr. Jeff Campbell Mr. William Carlin, Conshohocken, PA Capt. Erik Carlson, USAF Mr. Glenn Carman Mr. Tom Carr, Natick, MA Mr. Shane Carroll Mr. Ray Carpenter, Portland, O RMr. Park Carter, Eureka, KS Mr. James Casey Mr. Todd Chisam Mr. John Clark, Cuddebackville, NY Mr. Thomas G. Clark Mr. John Collier Mrs. Billie Conrad, Valley City, OH Mr. Joe Cooper, Delray Beach, FL Mr. Jim Corbitt, Dayton, OH Mr. Chuck Cortright Mr. Samuel Crabtree, Howell, NJ Mr. Alessandro Croseri Mr. Dave Dale, St. Louis, MO Mr. Joe Dantonio, Roseville, CA Mr. Simon Davies Mr. Chris Davis Lt. Col. Steven DiMatteo, USAF Mr. George Dively Mrs. Virginia Dyer Mr. Phillip R. Earles, Princeton, IN Mrs. Mitzi Easley, Austin, TX Mr. Tom Egleston, Jacksonville, FL Mr. Cliff R. Elliot, Worchester, MA Mr. Clifford Emling, Cleveland, OH Mr. Jacob Engelbrect, Frederick, MD Mr. Thomas Evans, Nashville, TN Mr. Robert Fagelson, Nagadoches, TX Mr. Frank "Bud" Farrell, Tucson, AZ Mr. Ray Fincham Mr. David Firman, Lutherville, MD Mr. Thomas Foltz, Fort Wayne, IN Mr. Carl Fritz Mr. Phil Galvano Mr. Henry Gates Mr. James Gavin, Killeen, TX Mr. Robert Gettlefinger Mr. Rob Getz Mr. Bernie Gold Mr. Clarence Gordon Mrs. Karen Grubaugh, Boerne, TX Mr. James Hacker Mr. Joe Harding, Ringoes, NJ Mr. Loy Harper, Lehigh Acres, FL Mrs. Barbara Hayes, Portsmouth, NH Mr. Glenn Hensley, Kirkwood, MO Mr. Ken Hoelscher, Dayton, OH Mr. Thurman Holder, Long Beach, CA Mr. Herbert Holzmann, San Antonio, TX Mr. Terry L. Horstead Mr. Frank Ituarte Mr. Michael James Mr. Frank Jasek, Waco, TX Mr. Arnold Johnson Mr. William Johnson Mr. Harry Kaplan Mr. Al Kaufman, Modesto, CA Mr. David Kaufman Mr. Joe Kelleher Mr. Clark King Mr. Dwight King Mr. Nick King Capt. Norbert "Bert" King II, USAF Mr. Peter Kirkup Mr. Dick Kurzenberger Mr. Lee La Prise, South Hadley, MA Mr. Robert Larson, Fort Collins, CO Mr. Howard Lasker, Albany, NY Dr. Irving Leff, Claremont, CA Ms. Allison Leinbach Mr. Leo (Sapienza) Leonhart, Tucson, AZ Mr. David Lesjak Mr. Peter Lieback, Fairfield, New Jersey Mr. James Liebgott Mr. George Lockwood Mr. Jim Logue Mr. Charles Louis Ms. Ann MacKay, Warner Robins, GA Mr. Douglas MacLeod Mr. Donald Marsch, Hanover, PA Mr. Robert Martin, Fayetteville, AR Mr. Bill Matthis Capt. Christopher Mazzei, USAF Mrs. Dolores McDonald Mr. Phil McGonagle, North Berwick, ME Mr. Brian McManus, Wind Lake, WI Mr. William McManus, Milwaukee, WI Mr. Harold McWhorter Mr. Russell Melton, Seymour, IN Mr. Chuck Mette, Olean, NY Mr. Tom Miller, Allentown, PA Mr. John Morse, St. Petersburg, FL Mr. James Myers, Terre Haute, IN Mr. Raymond Nech, Salina, KS Mr. Walt Neidert, San Antonio, TX Mr. James Nelson, Pittsgrove, NJ Mr. Tim O'Dell Mr. Marty Oxenburg, Elkins Park, PA Mr. John Patrick Mr. Don Pearce, Puyallup, WA Mr. Robert Pierce, Lakewood, CO Mr. Frank Polaski, Tampa Bay, FL Mr. Greg Polaski, Pembroke Pines, FL Mr. Andrew Popalis, Shenandoah, PA Mr. Zadoc A. Pool Mr. James Quinn Mr. James Rader Mr. Ronald Rapacki Mr. Dan Recter Mr. Aaron Redding Mr. Morton Reichek, Boynton Beach, FL Mrs. Helen Richards, Beloit, WI Mr. Charles Ridge, Penndel, PA Mr. George M. C. Robinson Mr. Thornton Rose Mr. Joseph Rosemblume, Cleveland, OH Mr. Paul Rounds, Claremore, OK Mr. Nick Sanchez, Kerryville, TX Mr. Robert Sarlo, Hawthorne, NY Mr. Lee Schnur, Hamilton, OH Mr. Al Shaffer, Altoona, PA Mr. Bernie Shearon Mr. Wilbur Shepard, St. Petersburg, FL Mr. Howdy Sherman Mr. Paul Shindelar, Granite Falls, WA Mr. Glenn Shira, Manassas, VA Mr. Robert Standley, Keizer, OR Mr. Ray Stewart Mr. Patrick Stinson Mr. Luke Strass Mr. Mark Styling, England Mr. John "Jack" Thomas Mr. Richard Thome, Columbus, OH Mr. Joe Thompson, Secane, PA Mr. James Togue Mr. Ford Tolbert, Glenpool, OK Ms. Vicky Trotter, Ashville, OH Mr. David Truncer Mr. A.R. Van De Weghe, River Edge, NJ Mr. Robert Watson Mr. Paul West Mr. Jerry White Mr. Frank C. Wilkosz Mr. David Wilma, Seattle, WA Ms. Kathy Worley Mr. Gerald Zimmerman, Cottage Hills, IL |