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Allied Resupply Effort in the China-Burma-India Theater During World War II by Leo J. Daugherty (2008, Perfect)
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Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 secured for Chiang Kai-shek's Chinese Nationalist forces what no amount of pleading had been able to produce: an influx of U.S. supplies. Author: Leo J. Daugherty.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherMcfarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
ISBN-100786431377
ISBN-139780786431373
eBay Product ID (ePID)60543389
Product Key Features
Book TitleAllied Resupply Effort in the China-Burma-India Theater During World War II
Number of Pages284 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMilitary / World War II, General
Publication Year2008
IllustratorYes
GenreHistory
AuthorLeo J. Daugherty
FormatPerfect
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight13.5 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2007-038833
Dewey Edition22
TitleLeadingThe
Number of Volumes1 vol.
Dewey Decimal940.54/25
Table Of ContentTable of Contents Acknowledgments Preface 1. "Feeding the Tiger": Background to the War in China-Burma-India, 1941-1945 2. "Many Mountain Roads": Platoon Sergeant Robert Boehm, U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps 3. Captain Edward M. Goodman, USAAF: "Flying the Aluminum Trail" 4. Captain David C. Hall, U.S. Army Air Forces, and the 4th Combat Cargo Command 5. "A Most Impressive Engineering Achievement in War": Corporal Alexander McVean's War Along the Burma Road, 1944-1945 6. "A Chemical Company to the Front": Technical Sergeant Kenneth R. Quigley, 1943-1945 7. "Keep 'em Flying": Corporal Anthony R. Silva, U.S. Army Air Forces, In-Flight & Ground Maintenance Support in China-Burma-India, 1944-1945 8. "Road Builders and Jungle Warriors": African-American Soldiers and the War in China-Burma-India and the Southwest Pacific Area of Operations, 1941-1945 9. "The Forgotten Theater of World War II": Reflections of Service in China-Burma-India, 1941-1945 Appendix 1: Table of Organization of the 516th Quartermaster Truck Regiment, Tehran, Iran, 1942-1944 Appendix 2: Observations of Ground Search Party Investigating Wrecks of C-47s #812 and #767 Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
SynopsisExplores the situation that the Allies faced in China, India and Burma. Including a description of the Allied situation in early 1942, this work consists of the personal accounts of six individuals who served as part of the re-supply effort in the China-Burma-India theatre., Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 secured for Chiang Kai-shek's Chinese Nationalist forces what no amount of pleading had been able to produce: an influx of U.S. supplies. This volume explores the strategies of the Allies in China, Burma and India in World War II and the politically charged campaign waged in that theater. After an overview of the Allied situation in early 1942, the work presents the personal accounts of six individuals who served as part of the resupply effort in the CBI theater: Captain Edward Goodman, Captain David C. Hall, Staff Sergeant Robert Boehm, Corporal Anthony R. Silva, Corporal Alexander McVean and Tech Sergeant Kenneth R. Quigley. The service of African Americans in the CBI theatre is also discussed in detail. Appendices contain information on the organization of a motor transport truck regiment in Persia during World War II and an extract from a December 1944 log of an Air Jungle Rescue Unit in Burma.
LC Classification NumberD810.T8D34 2008
