New.. Dad was in ACE in Burma/India

[Walt's Daughter]

I am going to give you a little history on the CBI (China-Burma-India) Theatre and the history of the engineers there.

 

http://cbi-theater-2.home.comcast.net/iben..._engineers.html

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Burma_I...of_World_War_II

 

http://www.answers.com/topic/china-burma-i...of-world-war-ii

 

Kathy this will give you a REAL feel for the kind of hell it was. The following article says righ out, "...The China-Burma-India theater was the worst place to be in 1945, said veterans celebrating the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II. For example, to make airlift possible in the CBI, the Allies had to carve bases with concrete air strips out of the region's dense jungles..."

 

http://history.acusd.edu/gen/WW2Timeline/HOYT/cbi.html

 

You may want to give this guy a jingle, he was an engineer during the CBI. While he may or may not have been in your dad's unit, he can give you a feel for what he may have experienced. I took this from a guestbook. I will send you his email address privately. His name is Richard Hirst.

 

"Vet of CBI , 1382nd EPD Army Engineers - see pipeline article, please, for one of the most obscure assignments in the CBI was endured by a few units."

 

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http://www.paperlessarchives.com/wwii_army_japan.html

 

http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1723.html

 

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Here is a list of army engineer units in that theatre:

 

http://www.cbi-history.com/part_iv_eng.html

 

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An interview with an army engineer...

 

http://www.mariemontschools.org/veterans/v...obradovichf.htm

 

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A book recommendation:

 

http://www.curledup.com/burmard.htm

 

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http://cbi-theater-6.home.comcast.net/789e...epd/789epd.html

 

These are just amongst a few, but I thought they may help you learn some of the history regarding the CBI engineers.