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 |
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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 |