HUMP EXPRESS - ICD - ATC - China-Burma-India Theater of World War II

INDIA-CHINA DIVISION
AIR TRANSPORT COMMAND
CBI THEATER OF WORLD WAR II

Military transport schedules over India for cargo, personnel and mail . . . Maximum tonnage of essential war materials over the Hump . . . Movement of troops and supplies in support of tactical operations in China . . . Evacuation of the sick and wounded . . . Necessary subsistence for U.S. troops in China . . . Military transport of cargo, personnel and mail across India . . . Evacuation of American troops to ports of debarkation and home . . . These were the missions of the India-China Division - Air Transport Command - United States Army Air Force - China-Burma-India Theater of World War II

HUMP EXPRESS was the official weekly newspaper of the India-China Division (ICD) of the Air Transport Command (ATC) of the U.S. Army Air Force in the China-Burma-India (CBI) Theater of World War II. The pages below have been re-created from original issues of the newspaper, published January 18 through November 15, 1945. The original stories, the original pictures, a unique history of ICD-ATC.

JANUARY 18 - ICD SHATTERS MARKS IN BANNER YEAR

JANUARY 25 - NORTH CHINA TROOPS MOVED BY ICD

FEBRUARY 1 - SUPPLIES FLOWN TO CHINA COMMUNISTS

FEBRUARY 8 - 44,000 TONS TO CHINA IN JANUARY

FEBRUARY 15 - FLOUT ENEMY TO EVACUATE SUICHWAN

FEBRUARY 22 - C-54 SETS NEW TRANS-OCEANIC MARK

MARCH 1 - LIFE SAVED AS TANKER CARRIES STRICKEN MEDIC

MARCH 8 - AUSTRALIA HOP CLOSES GLOBE CIRCUIT

MARCH 15 - ASSAM SURGEON COMBINES SHOTS TO SAVE ARMS

MARCH 22 - FIRST N.Y.-CALCUTTA ROUND TRIP ON HOMEWARD LEG

MARCH 29 - SERVICE IS GOOD, SAYS PASSENGERS OF ICD's LINERS

APRIL 5 - AIR EVACUATION IS STREAMLINED TO AID PATIENTS