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Short tales of events in the CBI theater, recalled by Robert A. Stumpf |
 | Flying over dangerously-high-and-wild Himalayas; writings by John Bartlett Ballou, Lt. James Lynch, and Roger D. Launius |
 | Bob Stumpf's personal recollections from military training* |
 | During radio training in 1943-44, Bob Stumpf corresponded with family in PA |
 | Mission of the 1337th Army Air Force Base Unit at Sookerating - recalled by Lt. G.W. Bailey, S/Sgt W.R. England, F/O H.E. Gray, Flight Officer Kenneth L. Porter, F/O
C.R. Call, and F/O George A. Mayer |
 | Letter written by S/Sgt Elmer W. Jones, in the
Sound Off newspaper, Jan. 29, 1946 |
 | Germany here we come...You've been on oxygen for 4 hours. The altimeter shows 27,000 ft...It's 60 degrees below zero and you're sweating up a storm. To the right is a burst of flak. |
 | Brief memories of the CBI theater |
There are not that many folks left - in earthly form - who were a part of the effort to end the conflict we know as World War II.
Here we have personal recollections of what it was like to serve, to fly, all
the while unsure as to whether one would make it back home to family and
country.