Dad's CBI Timeline

  This timeline helps to put Dad's service in the Army into better perspective by overlaying it with other events in the China-Burma-India Theater and in World War II in general. Events in Dad's military service are indicated in blue. His birthdays are marked in red and help indicate the passage of five years of a man's life.

 

1941

  29 JAN - SECRET TALKS WITH BRITISH TO CO-ORDINATE WAR POLICY

  08 FEB - ROMMEL HEADS AFRIKACORPS TO TUNISIA

  11 MAR - LEND-LEASED ACT SIGNED

  16 APR - DAD'S 2Oth BIRTHDAY

  14 MAY - BRITISH REINFORCEMENTS ARRIVE IN SINGAPORE

  14 JUN - U.S. FREEZES GERMAN AND ITALIAN ASSETS

  10 JUL - FIRST FLYING TIGERS DEPART SAN FRANCISCO

  26 JUL - U.S. FREEZES ALL JAPANESE ASSETS

  16 AUG - ANGLO-SOVIET EXCHANGE AGREEMENT SIGNED

  07 SEP - JAPANESE FINALIZE PEARL HARBOR ATTACK PLAN

  16 OCT - TOJO COMES TO POWER

  26 NOV - JAPANESE FLEET SETS SAIL FOR PEARL HARBOR

  07 DEC - JAPANESE ATTACK PEARL HARBOR

  08 DEC - UNITED STATES DECLARES WAR ON JAPAN

     DEC - UNITED STATES OFFICIALLY ENTERS WORLD WAR II



1942

     JAN - JAPANESE INVADE BURMA

     FEB - JAPANESE INVADE SINGAPORE

  03 MAR - CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER ESTABLISHED

     MAR - SERVICES OF SUPPLY (SOS) ESTABLISHED

  06 MAR - JAPANESE TAKE RANGOON

  02 APR - INDIA-BURMA CAMPAIGN BEGINS

  16 APR - USS MONTICELLO COMMISSIONED

  16 APR - DAD'S 21st BIRTHDAY

  18 APR - DOOLITTLE RAIDERS BOMB TOKYO

  04 MAY - STILWELL RETREATS FROM BURMA

     JUN - BATTLE OF MIDWAY

  04 JUL - CHINA DEFENSIVE CAMPAIGN BEGINS

  06 JUL - FLYING TIGERS BECOME PART OF CHINA AIR TASK FORCE

     AUG - MARINES LAND ON GUADACANAL

  22 SEP - INDUCTED INTO U.S. ARMY AT LINDEN, NEW JERSEY

  06 OCT - ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE AT FORT DIX, NEW JERSEY

  05 NOV - MERRILL PROPOSES ROUTE OF LEDO ROAD

     DEC - PROMOTED TO CORPORAL AT FORT DEVINS, MASSACHUSETTS

  16 DEC - CONSTRUCTION OF LEDO ROAD BEGINS



1943

  10 JAN - ARRIVED CAMP ANZA, CALIFORNIA

  20 JAN - DEPARTED FOR INDIA ABOARD USS MONTICELLO

  26 JAN - CROSSES THE EQUATOR

  28 FEB - LEDO ROAD REACHES INDIA-BURMA BORDER (36 miles)

  03 MAR - ARRIVED BOMBAY

  09 MAR - CAMP DEOLALI

  21 MAR - ARRIVED LEDO

  16 APR - DAD'S 22nd BIRTHDAY

     MAY - AXIS POWERS SURRENDER IN NORTH AFRICA

     JUN - PROMOTED TO SERGEANT

     JUL - MUSSOLINI OVERTHROWN

     AUG - SOUTHEAST ASIA COMMAND (SEAC) ESTABLISHED

     SEP - ITALIAN CAMPAIGN BEGINS

  17 OCT - GENERAL PICK PLACED IN CHARGE OF ROAD BUILDING

  31 OCT - MERRILL'S MARAUDERS (GALAHAD) ARRIVE IN BOMBAY

  18 NOV - V-MAIL FROM HOSPITAL

  27 DEC - ROAD REACHES SHINGBWIYANG (117 miles)



1944

     JAN - ALLIES LAND AT ANZIO

     FEB - MASSIVE ALLIED BOMBING OF GERMANY BEGINS

     MAR - GERMAN TROOPS OCCUPY HUNGARY

  03 MAR - ONE YEAR IN CBI

  16 APR - DAD'S 23rd BIRTHDAY

  17 MAY - ALLIES TAKE MYITKYINA AIRFIELD

  06 JUN - D-DAY ALLIED INVASION OF OCCUPIED FRANCE

  06 JUN - USS HASE COMMISSIONED

  26 JUL - MARS TASK FORCE CREATED

     JUL - AWARDED GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL

  03 AUG - ALLIES TAKE MYITKYINA

     SEP - ALLIES ENTER GERMANY

  18 OCT - STILWELL REPLACED BY GENERAL ALBERT C. WEDEMEYER

  27 OCT - CBI THEATER SPLIT INTO CHINA AND INDIA-BURMA THEATERS

     OCT - ROAD WITHIN 80 MILES OF MYITKYINA

  13 NOV - CBI THEATER INSIGNIA/PATCH APPROVED

  15 DEC - ALLIES TAKE BHAMO

  15 DEC - WORLD WAR II DEMOBILIZATION PLANS ADOPTED



1945

  12 JAN - FIRST CONVOY DEPARTS LEDO

     JAN - SIGNAL CORPS PHOTO

  28 JAN - INDIA-BURMA CAMPAIGN ENDS

  28 JAN - STILWELL ROAD NAMED

  04 FEB - FIRST CONVOY ARRIVES KUNMING, CHINA

  03 MAR - TWO YEARS IN CBI

  07 MAR - ALLIES TAKE LASHIO

  20 MAR - ALLIES TAKE MANDALAY

  12 APR - PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT DIES

  16 APR - DAD'S 24th BIRTHDAY

  03 MAY - ALLIES TAKE RANGOON

  04 MAY - CHINA DEFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ENDS

  08 MAY - VICTORY IN EUROPE (V-E DAY)

  12 MAY - ASR SCORE COUNT END

  20 MAY - STILWELL ROAD OFFICIALLY OPENED

  21 JUN - DEPARTED CALCUTTA FOR THE UNITED STATES ABOARD USS HASE

  20 JUL - ARRIVED NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA

  06 AUG - ATOMIC BOMB DROPPED OVER HIROSHIMA

  09 AUG - ATOMIC BOMB DROPPED OVER NAGASAKI

  15 AUG - VICTORY OVER JAPAN (V-J DAY)

  02 SEP - JAPANESE SIGN INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER

  27 OCT - HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM U.S. ARMY AT CAMP LEE, VIRGINIA

     NOV - NUREMBERG TRIALS BEGIN

     DEC - SENATE VOTES TO JOIN UNITED NATIONS



1946

     JAN - TOKYO WAR CRIMES TRIALS BEGIN

     FEB - BEGINNINGS OF THE COLD WAR

  02 MAR - ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN ENDS

     MAR - MILITARY USE OF STILWELL ROAD ENDS

  16 APR - DAD'S 25th BIRTHDAY

     APR - CHINESE CIVIL WAR RESUMES

     MAY - IRON CURTAIN DESCENDS ON EUROPE

     JUN - REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT ORGANIZED IN ITALY

     JUL - BIKINI ATOLL ATOMIC BOMB TESTS

     AUG - GREECE VOTES RETURN TO MONARCHY

     SEP - VIETNAM DECLARES INDEPENDENCE FROM FRANCE

  12 OCT - GENERAL JOSEPH W. STILWELL DIES

     NOV - ENIAC WORLD'S FIRST ALL-ELECTRONIC COMPUTER

  31 DEC - PROCLAIMED END OF HOSTILITIES - END OF WORLD WAR II

 
 
 
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