REFERENCES & CREDITS



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  This is evident as several of the Websites used to compile this document are no longer active as the persons who maintained them have made their final flight over the hump and their sites are now lost to us.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, Organizations

1st Air Support Operations Group

1st & 7th Emergency Rescue Squadrons

4th Rescue Squadron

6th Bomb Group

6th Bomb Group - Table of Contents B-29 Super Fortress Then and Now

7th Bomb Group Association

7th Bomb Wing B-36 Association

7th Fighter Command Association

9th Bombardment Group History

9th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron Online

10th AF Tribute

A Photo History of the 11th Bomb Squadron

17th Troop Carrier Squadron History

19th Air Refueling Group

19th Bombardment Association

Fact Sheets: 19th Air Refueling Group (Robins AFB website)

19th Heritage Group

19th Bomb Group, USAAF in Australia during WW2

19th Fighter Squadron (Elmendorf AFB website)

22nd Bomb Squadron Association

23d Flying Tiger Association

25th Air Service Group  (Mrs. Billie Conrad, webmaster)

25th Fighter Squadron (CBI)  (Mr. David Llorente, webmaster)

25th Infantry Division and United States Army Hawaii Offical Military Home Page

26th Fighter Squadron (CBI)  (Mr. David Llorente, webmaster)

27th Troop Carrier Squadron

28th Combat Support Hospital

29th Bomb Group - Official Site

33d Fighter Group Honor Roll

35th Photographic Technical Unit

35th Signal Brigade History

36th Transportation Battalion

39th Bombardment Group [VH] Association

39th Transportation Battalion

39th Transportation Battalion History

40th Bomb Group Association

40th Bomb Wing

44th Bomb Squadron

45th Fighter Squadron

45th Transportation Battalion

48th Combat Support Hospital

58th Bomb Wing Memorial, New England Air Museum

68th Transportation Battalion

69th DRS Association

76th Fighter Squadron Association

76th Space Control Squadron

81st Fighter Group Honor Roll

81st Fighter-Interceptor Wing 1954 Scrapbook

102nd Fighter Wing

118th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron History

124th Cavalry Regiment

124th Calvary Association

124th Calvary Regiment History  (http://124cav.org/history.htm - NO LONGER ACTIVE)

308th Bomb Group

308th Strategic Missile Wing

308th SMW

313th Bomb Wing

315th Bomb Wing  (Mr. Larry Miller, webmaster)

330th Airdrome Squadron  (Mr. Mark Bursian, webmaster)

330th Bomb Group

330th Bomb Group [VH] (Official Site)

335th Station Hospital

341st Bomb Group

347th Airdrome Squadron  (http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Barracks/3407/ - NO LONGER ACTIVE

386th Air Service Group

393d Bomb Squadron

396th Air Service Squadron

426th Night Fighter Squadron

444th Bomb Group Association

462nd BG Hellbirds

462nd Bomb Group  (http://www.blauedrache.net/462.html - NO LONGER ACTIVE)

468th Bomb Group

468th Bomb Group  (Mr. David Wilhelm, webmaster)

504th Bomb Group, Tinian

504th Bomb Group WW2

505th Bomb Group, Tinian, WWII

505th Tactical Control Group (19th Tactical Air Support Squadron (Light))

507th Fighter Group

509th Composite Group

509th Composite Group

AFHRA Photos - 509th Composite Group

509th Composite Group History (http://www.childrenofthemanhattanproject.org/HICC/HICC_CG.htm - NO LONGER ACTIVE)

509th Bomb Wing

509th Bomb Wing - SAC - Pease AFB

509th Bomb Wing

858th Engineer Aviation Battalion
(http://www.coax.net/people/lwf/858th.htm - NO LONGER ACTIVE)

879th Airborne Engineer Aviation Battalion

The 1213 MP of the 10th Army Air Force in India and Burma (CBI) during World War 2

1337th Army Air Forces Base Unit

AACS Alumni Association

AF Reserve (914th Airlift Wing)

"Air Force Combat Units of World War II";  AFHRC, Maurer Maurer, editor:
       Site 1 - Web (html) format
       or
       Site 2 - Adobe Acrobat format
       or
       Site 3 - Adobe Acrobat format

Air Force Communications Agency

Air Force Historical Research Agency

Documents of interest available from AFHRA

       The Tenth Air Force, 1942, by Herbert Weaver and Marvin A. Rapp (1944)

       The Tenth Air Force, 1 January-10 March 1943, by Herbert Weaver and Marvin A. Rapp (1944)

       The Tenth Air Force, 1943, by Herbert Weaver (1946)

       The Fourteenth Air Force to 1 October 1943, by Herbert Weaver and Marvin A. Rapp (1945)

       History of the Twentieth Air Force : Genesis, by James L. Cate (1945)

       Administrative History of the Ferrying Command, 29 May 1941 to 30 June 1942,
         by Historical Branch, Air Transport Command (1945)

       Army Air Forces in the War Against Japan, 1941-1942, by E. Kathleen Williams (1945)

       Air Supply in the Burma Campaigns, by Joe G. Taylor (1957)

       Air Interdiction in China in World War II, by Joe G. Taylor (1957)

       Development of Aeromedical Evacuation in the USAF, by Dr. Robert F. Futrell (1960)

       Air-Sea Rescue, 1941-1952, by Frank E. Ransom (1953)

Air Force History Index

Air Force History Support Office

Airborne & Special Operations Museum

Airlift History  (Mr. Sam McGowan, webmaster)

American Military Patches, Other Insignia and Decorations of World War Two  (Dr. Howard G. Lanham, webmaster)

American Society of Military Insignia Collectors  (Mr. Scott Hughes, adjutant)

"Army Air Forces in WWII"
Office 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  (http://www.hamcdc.com/avg.htm - NO LONGER ACTIVE)

Boeing B-29 Enola Gay and Bockscar B-29's that carried the Atom Bombs  (http://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 Star Association

CBI Flyer  (http://www.cbiflyer.org - NO LONGER ACTIVE)

CBI Hump Pilots Association
(CEASED OPERATIONS SEPT 2005)

CBI Info  (http://cbiinfo.org - NO LONGER ACTIVE)

CBI Veterans Association (Sound-off Newsletter)
(CEASED OPERATIONS SEPT 2005)

China-Burma-India Theater of World War II  (Mr. Carl Weidenburner, webmaster)

The China-Burma-India (CBI) Theater of World War II - Mr. William B. "Ben" Thompson Memorial  (http://users3.ev1.net/~wbthomp/ben-cbilinks.html - NO LONGER ACTIVE)

Chindits Special Force Burma 1943-1944  (Mr. Frank Young, webmaster)

"Combat Squadrons of the Air Force - World War II";  AFHRC, Maurer Maurer, editor:
       Site 1 - Adobe Acrobat format
       or
       Site 2 - Adobe Acrobat format
       or
       Site 3 - Adobe Acrobat format

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 (Air Force Magazine)

Flying the Hump Website

Flying Tigers: American Volunteer Group

Flyingtigersky.com

Glenn Hensley - CBI Photos

Globalsecurity.org

Imphal, The Hump and Beyond - U.S.A.A.F. Combat Cargo Groups of the Second World War  (Mr. Bill Bielauskas, webmaster)

Insigne.org

International Combat Camera Association, Inc.

International Liaison Pilot and Aircraft Association (ILPA)

James A. Corbitt Tribute

Jone's Locker of Military Lists

Kachin Rangers

Merrill's Marauders Association

Merrill's Marauders Combined Operations in Northern Burma in 1944

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

Official Photographers of Japan

Old China Hands  (http://www.oldchinahands.org/och/index.html - NO LONGER ACTIVE)

OSS Detachment 303 Story

Philippe's Aviation Pages

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

Report on Asian Pacific Islander Veterans

sacpatches.com

Signal Corps in the China-Burma-India Theater  (http://www.gordon.army.mil/AC/WWII/CBI.HTM - NO LONGER ACTIVE)

Sino-American Aviation Heritage Foundation

Society of Oral History on Modern China

Special Forces website  (http://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  (Mr. Scott Burris, webmaster)

Unit Citation and Campaign Participation Credit Register
Dept. of the Army Pamphlet 672-1, July 1961.

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  (Mr. Peter Randall, webmaster)

US Army Air Forces In WWII

US Army Center of Military History

US Army Corps of Engineers

USAAF/USAF Air Commando and Special Operations Units from WWII to 2002

USAAF/USAF Combat Weather Team  (http://www.geocities.com/combatweather/afsoc.html - NO LONGER ACTIVE)

USAF Airlift & Air Refueling Patch Collection  (Mr. Bill Zurick, webmaster)

USAF Patch Collectors Forum & Gallery  (Mr. Richard Operhall, webmaster)

Walker Army Air Field - A History  (http://www.blauedrache.net - NO LONGER ACTIVE)

web-birds.com

WWII B-29 Footage

World War II Combat Medic

The World War II Combat Medic

The World War II Lecture Institute

"World War II Order of Battle"
Shelby L. Stanton, 1984.



Individuals

Mr. 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. 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. 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. William Carlin, Conshohocken, PA

Capt. Erik Carlson, USAF

Mr. Glenn Carman

Mr. Tom Carr, Natick, MA

Mr. Shane Carroll

Mr. Ray Carpenter, Portland, OR

Mr. Park Carter, Eureka, KS

Mr. James Casey

Mr. Todd Chisam

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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Chuck Mette, Olean, NY

Mr. Tom Miller, Allentown, PA (CBI Message Center)

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. 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. Glenn Shira, Manassas, VA

Mr. Robert Standley, Keizer, OR

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

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

Mr. Gerald Zimmerman, Cottage Hills, IL



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