1944 | |
March 14 | Left Washington, D.C. |
Arrived in Camp Patrick Henry | |
April 11 | Boarded William A. Graham Liberty Ship |
April 13 | Set sail for parts unknown |
April 30 | Landed in Oran, North Africa |
May 10 | Left Oran on British ship Ordana |
Went through Suez Canal | |
Stopped at Port Said and Port of Aden | |
Changed to British ship Strathmore | |
June 1 | Landed in Bombay, India |
Crossed India by train | |
June 16 | Arrived in Calcutta, India |
June 17 | Arrived in Camp Kanchrapara |
July 3 | Left Calcutta by train |
Crossed Brahmaputra River at Pandu | |
July 7 | Arrived at Chabua, India air field |
July 8 | Flew over "The Hump" to Kunming, China |
July 15 | Left Kunming by truck convoy |
Stopped at Tsu-yung, Yunnani, Siakwan, Yung-Ping and Paoshan (home of the Flying Tigers) | |
July 22 | Arrived at the Wehtong Bridge on the Salween River |
August 18 | Wehtong Bridge completed |
Japs tried to knock it out with bombs, a close call for the 28th | |
Moved to Burma Road Kilo mark 774 after dark | |
October 16 | Moved to Taba, past Sung Shan Mountain - Kilo mark 812 |
November 25 | Moved to Monchih - Kilo mark 832 |
December 15 | Moved to Chafang Valley - Kilo mark 927 |
December 22 | Picked up American pilot who bailed out of burning P-40 |
December 25 | Christmas - Big time - tree and everything |
December 31 | New Year's Eve with football game at midnight |
1945 | |
February 6 | Left Chafang for Kunming by truck convoy |
Picked up men who were on detached service | |
February 11 | Arrived in Kunming |
March 10 | Left Kunming by truck convoy |
Went through Panshien, Chenyi, Annan and Anshu | |
March 16 | Arrived at Kweiyang |
March 20 | Moved to Huachi |
May 9 | Major Riva relieved of command by General Hoye |
June 28 | Major Riva reinstated as commanding officer |
July 4 | Celebrated Independence Day in a big way with firecrackers |
July 17 | Left Huachi by truck convoy |
Went through Kweiyang, Ma-chang-ping, Chenyi | |
July 20 | Arrived at Chihkiang |
July 24 | Left for Tungkou |
Crossed by ferry at Anjoun | |
August 28 | Went from Tungkou to Chihkiang by truck convoy |
September 10 | Went from Chihkiang to Nanking by C-46 transport |
October 20 | Went from Nanking to Shanghai by train |
October 24 | Went from Shanghai to Kunming by C-54 transport |
October 29 | Went from Kunming to Kalaikunda, India by C-54 transport |