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JUNE1964

THIS PICTURE, from collection submitted by Wm. S. Johnson, 1S marked "Juggernaut." Who'an tell us the whole story?

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letter FROM The Editor.

Raturn to India• Noted with pleasure thatyou are planning a tour ofIndia in October this yearand I hope you will have agood representation on thistour. I would like to joinyou, but I was fortunateenough to spend six weeksin India in 1962, so my "re-turn to India" has beencomp:eted. About the big-ge t change I found therewas that practically every-body in India is riding abicycle now instead ofwalking. The cows are stillall over the streets and thesmell is pretty much thesame as it was in 1944.Nevertheless, I wish I weregoing back with you but inview of the fact that I havebeen so recently there islittle chance of my takingadvantage of your offerthis year. Was at Sookera.ting in Assam most of thetime in service.

E. W. SKINNER,Greenville, S. C.

HILLSMAN of Kashmir. Photoby Ben Brannon.

June, 1964

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• Recent news releases from India indicate that thefierce Naga tribesmen in mountainous northeast Indiahave agreed to call a cease. fire in their 10.year fightfor independence. This was announced by an officialof the state of Assam at Kohima, administrative cap.ital of ,the newly.formed state of Nagaland. The Indiangovernment has listed nearly 500 government soldierslost in the long guerilla fight and estimated more than2,000 rebels killed. Naga sources maintain that te,ns ofthousands of villagers have been killed by governmenttroops. CBlers who were stationed in this remote areawill undoubtedly be interested in this bit of news fromonce. familiar territory.It De::lth of Jawaharlal Nehru and selection of LalBahadur Shastri to take his place as prime minister isalso of interest to those of us who served in CBI. We'llbe watching to see what effect this change will haveon India's future-perhaps on the future of Red China.~ Cover picture is a subject you've seen a number oftimes in Ex-CBI Roundup, even in a recent issue. Butthis is a new photo of the Taj Mahal at Agra, providedby the Government of India Tourist Office .... we'reusing it this month to call your attention again to ourReturn to India tour scheduled for October of this year.• In case you are undecided about joining the Round.up-sponsored trip back ,to India this year, all we cansay is that you'll never have a better opportunity: Wesuggest you make up your mind now .... send in yourreservation without delay. Time is running out.• Don't forget! In case of an address change, send usyour new address promptly. Too many copies of Round-up are returned to us each month because subscribersforgot to tell us.

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To The ECUton, _

ONE of the B-25's of the 12th Bomb Group in India carriedthis designation. Note small bombs indicating number of mis-sions. Photo by Robert E. Spence.

BOYS gather firewood on an island in the Brahmaputra tohe taken' to the Catholi~ Mission at Tezpur, Assam, In1ia,'Photo by Father F. Melhno, S.D.B. .

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Home 18 Years• It has been 18 yearssince I struggled off the oldluxury cargo "tub" MarineWolf in San Pedro, Calif.,Should bring back memor.ies to Clarence Gordon-hekept us from diving over.board by issuing a dailysheet called "Wolf Call"telling us how fast wewere backing away fromhome. Hope to see quite afew of myoId A.A.C.S.Gaya, India, gang at con-vention in Phila del phi aAugust 5 to 8. Come one,come all! Had a wonderfultime last time in Philly.

A. R. CAMPBELL,Cranford, N. J.

Two Meet Death• Two Iowa CBI vets mettragic deaths in recentweeks. Robert Bayless ofPerry, who served with the308th Bomb Squadron, died'of a heart attack while as-sisting a lady who had fal-len on the ice. He was amember of the Iowa Bashaand operated a cleaningestablishment. The otherdeath was that of WilliamJ. Shellenberger of Water.100, who was electrocutedwhile working as a line-man for the Iowa PublicService Company.

RAY ALDERSON,Dubuque, Iowa

Iowa, to Champaign - Ur-ban'a, Ill., in his federalgovernment job. In CBI heserved with the 3362nd Sig.nal Service Bn.

RAY ALDERSON,Dubuque, Iowa

Still Enjoying It• Still enjoy the littlemagazine. Best wishes foryour continued success.

MRS. A. KAUFFMANN,(Elizabeth Schnetzler,ANCl,Bridgeton, N. J.

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Hardy Transferred• Maj. Gen. Donald L.Hardy, U.S. Air Force, as-sumed command of the De-fense Industrial Sup plyCenter in Philadelphia re-cently. Hardy, 55, is a 1932West Point graduate. Ac-cording to the PhiladelphiaInquirer, he organized thePhotographic Group in theAir Service Command in1942. A command pilot, heserved in the CBI Theateron a variety of supply as-signments. He is a grad-uate of the Harvard Grad.uate School of BusinessAdministration. The supplycenter which he heads em.ploys 55 officers and 2700civilians and purchases in-dustrial products for thearmed forces.

E. J. SOBCZYNSKI,Coatesville, Pa.

Hawk Honored• Harold A. Hawk, immedi-ate past commander of theIowa Basha, was made anhonorary life member ofthe basha at its meetingin Amana :May 2. Mr. Hawkwas one of the organizersof the Iowa Basha in 1952and has also served aschaplain, historian and ad-jutant. He was recentlytransferred from Waterloo,

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BIRLA TEMPLE in • 'ew Delhi, India, with two visitingAmericans in foreground. PhOto by Howard A. Steiger.

Sammy Bosco• Received my April issueof Ex-CBI Roundup, and onpage 3 noted Rick H. Long'sinquiry regarding a SammyBosko. Also information asto whereabouts of the fam-ily, of Major Fletcher, de-ceased. I may be of no help-but I believe I may havebeen a small part of Bos-ko's past. I was a sergeant,aerial gunner, B25's, 493rdSq. (and 9th Sq.), 7th BombGroup. Our Hq. first wasnear Asanol and then Pan-daveswar, both near Calcut.tao I believe we were at Pan-daveswar (Jan. '45 to Sept.'45) when one day after re-turning from a flight Boskowas at our basha. For somereason Bosko too k to me(possibly because my namewas Fletcher.) We kept himclean, somehow cam e upwith a uniform with cor-poral stripes, fed him andhe would sleep only on apallet alongside my bed.Took him to our service clubseveral times (which wastaboo) and he demonstrat.ed ability at cards andcheckers. He was 10 to 11years of age, good lookingchap, skin moderately darkand very intelligent. It isdifficult to recall, but ap-proximately a month laterwhile I was away on amission, Bosko was. pickedup supposedly by author-ities of a Catholic schoolin C a I cut t a. As best Icould determine he hadrun away from the school.Why I did not follow up Ido not know-probably cir-cumstances did not makeit easy. Major Fletcher mayhave been from some otheroutfit, B25s or B29s, as Inever heard of him. Inci-dentally, I am now a maiorin the California State Mil-itary Reserve.

HUGH M. FLETCHER,Ontario, Calif.

Complete File• Have. been a subscriberfor many years and haveall copies available since1948.

JAMES SKILLEN,Brigadier GeneralBrown Mills, N.J.

Iowans Elect Graff• August A. Graff of Wa.terloo, Iowa, who was withthe 18th Vet. Evac. Hospi.tal unit in CBI, was electedas the new commander ofthe Carl F. Moershel Bashaof Iowa at the spring meet-ing of the Iowa group May2 at Amana. John W. Leeof Washington was electedas vice commander. Otherofficers are Ray Alderson,Dubuque, adjutant; N e i IMaurer, Laurens, publicrelations officer; Charles A.Bloom, Ottumwa, chaplain;Leonard Abels, Des :\Ioines,judge advocate; and Ben

Hop kin s of :\Iontezuma,Melvin Ritze of Alburnettand Ray Prickett of Indian-ola, board of directors. Itwas voted to have the fallmeeting in Dubuque. FourCBI vets who attended theirfirst basha meeting wereAlvin Agard of Dubuque,3361.Sig. Ser. Bn.; Myron E.Wood of Des Moines, Chin-ese Combat Command; J. E.Disher of Ames, 758th Rail.way Operating Bn.; andV ern 0 n Jones of Des:\Ioines, Hq. Co. Base Sec-tion 2.

RAY ALDERSONDubuque, Iowa

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Take Your Pick of Places to Visit

Kashmir, Kaziranga or ? ?"What do you suggest I might do dur-

ing the period of October 14 throu~h 20an the India trip, which time yau lIst as"at leisure to, pursue yaur own plea-sures?"

This questian was asked re~e!1tly ~ya CEIer who, is planning to, partIcIpate InEx-CEl Raundup's Return to India in 1964.It's a good question, and ane we're happyto, answer.

The free week was include,d because itis impossible to, visit every place inwhich CElers might be interested. Every.ane who, served in India can think ofsame place he'd like to, spend a.few d~ys;leaving the week apen makes It passlblefar everyane to, take his chaice. Almastany place in India is easily accessible byair from Delhi.

For those who, have no particular placein mind, there are aptional tour sugges-tions.

One suggestian is a four. day visit to. atourist's paradise, one of the m,?st PI~-turesque spats in the world. The IncredI-bly lovely Vale of Kashmir lies 8;t an ele-vatian of 6000 fee,t . . .. 80 mIles long

.and no mo~e than 25 miles wide, it iscampletely surraunded by snow.ca~pedmauntains. Sri nagar, the summer capItal,like Venice, is built on the waterfrol}t, onwhich float quaint houseboats desIgnedand furnished far cam fort and rest. Y~ucan live on a hauseboat, or at the ObenaPalace Hotel which is the modernizedformer home of the Maharaja of Kashmir.Mosques and fairy.tale. gardens af M.ogulemperors beautify Srmagar, and Idyl-lic Shalimar, "the abode af love," is on~y10 miles from the capital. Cost of thIstrip from Delhi is $89.70 each of twa, plusair fare of $60.10.

Another suggested tour would take youby plane to Jarhat, in Assam, and thenby motor through lush tropical country tothe guest house af the Kaziranga GameSanctuary. There wauld be morning andafternoon shikars (game hunts by cam-era), traveling by ele.phant to see rareanimals and birds. Travelers would havean apportunity to visit a tea testing in-stitute. a tea plantation and other placesaf interest. .

Still another wauld be to, the "pmkcity" af Jaipur, the capital. of Rajasthan,an hour's flight fram DelhI, and to, near.b\' Amber, an exatic medieval capit.al\\:here an elephant takes yau up the hIll

o a the palaces.It would be easy to, suggest others, ~)Ut

. 'au can find them yaurself by cansultmg

a map of India. Some, however, may pre.fer to, spend the time right in Delhi, be-coming better acquainted with India andthe Indian people.

Folders describing the complete sched-uled tour-from departure Friday, Octob-er 2, from New Yark via K.L.M. Roy~lDutch Airlines jet until arrival back mNew York Saturday, October 24-arenow available. Far those who are inter.ested, hotels listed are Hotel Krasnapal-sky in Amsterdam, Great Eastern Hotelin Calcutta, Clark's Hotel in Eanares,Clark's Shariz in Agra, Ashoka Hotel inNew Delhi and Hotel Metropole, in Rome.

o For those who would like to make thetrip and pay later, credit is availablethrough New York banks and K.L.M.Royal Dutch Airlines. There is no, need,therefore, to, warry abaut money.

Important thing now is to make a def.inite decision and get reservations inearly to avoid inconvenience, disappoint-ment and extra expense. A deposit of $50is required at time of booking, with final.payment due ,twa months before depar-ture from the United States. Should itbecome necessary to 'cancel your tourmembership, refund in full will be madeup to six weeks prior to, departure. Aftertha t there will be a small service chargefor the cancellation.

Deposits should be sent either to, Ex-CEl Roundup or to D. W. Keyes, Vincen.nes Travel Service, 405 Main Street,Vincennes, Ind.

TYPICAL entertainment, India style, in 1944was this snake charmer. Photo by Ben Brannon .

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PARLIAMENT HOUSE in Delhi, India, as it appears In 1964. Photo by Government of IndiaTourist Office.

TOMB of Itmad-ud-Daulah, one of the important ight al .-\'.ra, India. Photo by Governmentof India Tourist Office.-

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Starting from Zero in the Jungle

Battling Madmen of BurmaBy WILLIAM R. PEERS & DEAN BRELIS

Reprinted From FOR ""fEN ONLYSecond of Two Installments

Another type of ambush that camenearer to modern techniques but stillemployed the elements of surprise, shockaction and disengagement, was the gre-nade ambush. Twenty-five to fifty gre-nades were planted at intervals of fiveyards along a trail. These were then con-nected with electric wire so they couldbe set off simultaneously by an electric.al device. The ambush area was coveredby automatic weapons. The timing withrespect to the Jap column was similar tothe pungyi ambush. Here, however, whenthe main body of the Japanese columnwas in the ambush area, the gre-nades were set off. They always tooka heavy toll, and inevitably tho~euninjured were caught by the automaticweapons and the whole column sufferedheavy casualties. During the ensuingpandemonium the Kachins melted awayinto the nearby jungle, receiving few, ifany, casualties.

Our guerrillas took full advantage ofcivilian sources of information. Friendlyvillagers we.re an underground intelli-gence network for revealing enemy loca-tions. Everyone of these reports was con.firmed by our own guerrilla patrols.Wherever our people camped, they set upguerrilla outposts for local security an.d,in addition, made extensive use of tnpwires and various other alarms to warnof enemy approach. Nor did they neglectsetting an assortment of both primitiveand modern booby traps. Very, very rarelydid the Japanese or the Burmese quis.lings ever catch our men off guard. Ifthey did, the Kachin's superi<;>rknowledgeof the jungle usually permitted escape.Only once during the entire Burma cam-paign were the Japs able to penetrate tothe inner portions of a 101 guerrilla en-campment, and even then, during thebloody engagement that followed, theJapanese casualties were over three timesas great as those of the Kachins.

The guerrillas of 101 turned the Jap-anese rear areas into chaos. The Japanesehad to maintain continuous guard; theycould never relax, could only move troops

Adapted from BEHIND THE BURMA ROADby General William Peers and Dean Brellis,Copyright (c) 1963 by General If"illiam R. Peers""d Dean Brelis, with permission of Atlantic-LillIe, Brown and Company.

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in combat formation. It became a war ofnerves. The threat of guerrilla ambushmade the Japanese taut and tense, slow,cautious and finally paranoic. SeveralJapanese prisoners volunteered the opin-ion that in the jungle the Jap forces sofeared the guerrillas that they rated oneKachin equal to ten Japanese.

It was not only the ambushes that wereeffective in supporting the conventionalforces. Frequently the guerrillas madequick raids upon Japanese camps and de-pots. They would infiltrate such an in.stallation at night, shoot it up, set de.molition and incendiary charges, and getaway before the Japanese could react.

During the initial weeks of the cam-paign to retake Myitkyina, our intelli-gence operations came up against newchallenges.

About ten miles northwest of Myitkyinathere was a lone mountain peak whichoverlooked the town and its airfield. TheAir Corps were anxious to know whatactivity existed on the airfield. To getthem the information they needed, weselected a highly intelligent Burmesenamed Maung, who had gone throughagent training with flying_colors and wasalso a qualified radio operator. He was aloner, the hreed ideal for such a job. Hewas given additional training in the useof a long-range telescope apd binocula~s,was briefed on the operatIon of an air-port and drilled in the details of his job.He was then parachuted into Area II atArang along with his specialized equip-ment. Lieutenant Pat Quinn had alreadyselected a spot on the side of the moun-tain where the activities of the Myitkyinaairfield could be kept under continuoussurveillance. He took Maung to the se.lected site to help get him established,and also arranged a weekly courier tosupply him with the necessary food, wa.ter and other materials.

This operation paid off immediately:at once we could maintain a minute-to-minute log and count of the air traffic ofthe field. In addition, Maung was able tolocate a secondary field which partiallyexplained the occasional heavy Japaneseair traffic in the area even though theremight be only a small amount of activityon the Myitkyina airfield.

Skittles developed some simple but in-genious ways to pinpoint and report Jap-anese supply installations concealed bydense jungle foliage. One method. w~s toselect a landmark such as a trail Junc.tion. bridge or prominent tree whichcould be identified readily on an air

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photo and by the pilots of the fighterbomber aircraft. From the landmark thelocation of the .target was given by polarcoordinates (distance along a givenazimuth), Another method was to leadthe pilot from such a landmark, to an-other landmark, and another, and so on,to the target.

Numerous Japanese installations locat-ed by these means were bombed or straf.ed without the pilot's being able to seehis target; huge explosions or fires erupt.ing through the trees would signal a suc-cessful attack. The Japanese knew thatthe targets were completely hidden fromthe air and deduced the repeated attackswere being directed from the ground.They went out to get Skittles, and he waskept on the run. He traveled light, witha minimum of equipment,. and he wasable to find and report new targets.There were apprehensive times when hisradio was silent for days upon days; thenhe could come on, crackling out a loca-tion of a new enemy target for our bomb-ers.

Following the Maingkwan-Walabumoperation, the 1st Battalion of the Ameri-can Marauders hit the road in the areaof Shadazup northwest of Myitkyina.They were to be followed by the 113thChinese Regiment. Colonel Osborne di.rected one platoon to make a feint towardShadazup. He planned to use the reomainder of his battalion to ford the Mo.gaung River and put a block on the roadleading toward Kamaing and Myitkyina.

The attack went off as planned, achiev.ing complete surprise. The Marauders en-veloped the Japanese camp and pursuedtheir advantage to. set up a perimeterdefense around the roadblock. The Japan.ese counterattacked fiercely but could notforce the Marauders, now strengthened bythe arrival of the 113th Chinese Regiment,to yield. The Chinese 22nd Division car-ried forward a steady pressure and, on28 and 29 March, it ,broke through theJapanese defenses in the Jamba Bum areaand established contact with the Maraud.er roadblock. The Japanese withdrew. Theroad to Myitkyina was now open all theway up to Shadazup; the Allies had mov-ed, as planned, a considerable distanceback into Burma.

To the east, the bulk of the ),Iarauderforce, the 2nd and 3rd Battalions, had asits object a wider envelopment, followingthe headwaters of the Chindwin R~\"t~r(Tanai Hka) to the area of Warong andthence west to hit the road of Inka:1"'ah.tawng. The plan was for Colonel Hunterwith the 2nd Battalion and one combatteam of the 3rd to establish a roadblockin the vicinity of Inkangahtawng, withthe Tanai Hka. As the force neared Ink-angahtawng, the Kachin guerrillas en-

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the rest of the 3rd Battalion to remain be.hind to block any possible Japanesemovement through the headwaters ofcountered strong Japanese patrols.

The 2nd Battalion crossed the MogaungRiver and probed Inkangahtawng; theyran into gathering resistance. Colonel Mc-Gee's orders had been to hold the blockfor a day but not to stay longer if therewas danger of being cut off. The Japan-ese had gathered greatly superior forcesagainst him, and therefore McGee gavethe order to withdraw the 2nd Battalionback across the Mogaung River.

Colonel McGee's men at this point weretired. They had engaged the enemy forbetter than 36 hours almost without in-terruption. :\lcGee decided to break con.tact and move northward to the highground in the area of •'phum Ga, wherehe knew he could find a good defenseposition and guerrilla support. The menwere exhausted, but somehow the 2ndBattalion reached Nphum Ga, and im-mediately started digging a perimeterdefense. The Japanese probed the posi-tion with patrols, then began a three-dayartillery barrage.

By the end of the third day, the Jap.anese had brought up sufficient forces tosurround the 2nd Battalion. In continuousassaults the Japanese attacked. The fight-ing was fearful, primitive', steady, muchof it savage, hand-to-hand combat. \Vavesof Japanese often broke through outer de.fenses, screaming "Die, Joe; die, Joe," butstill the 2nd Battalion held, although out.numbered four to one.

An advantage for the 2nd Battalionwas that ammunition, food and medicalsupplies could reach it by parachute.When its water source was captured bythe Japanese, even water came by air-drop. Parachutes brought in new radios,mortars, food for the mules. Artillerypieces were dropped to the 3rd Battalion,who from their position in Hsamshing-yang were. able to aid the 2nd Battalion'sstruggle for survival by providing artil-lery fire support.

.In the midst of battle, General Merrillwas stricken with a second heart attack.He swore bitter!\' as he was flown outby liaison aircraft to the 20th GeneralHospital in Ledo. Colonel Hunter assumedcommand of the l\larauders. The Jap.anese lacked an airdrop capacity. Theypre_sed he a ack with courage, butwhen' eir ammunition ran low, they hadto \'a'. days for resupply to reach themo\'er a d. e guerrillas of 101 were giv.en he 'ob of ambushing their supplycol mn_. c tting telephone lines, seizings a 'ons and damaging their morale.

On he sewnth day of the encircle-men e 1st Battalion came to join thebattle. \\'i h the 3rd Battalion, they be.

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gan a double envelopment of the Japan-ese positions. But the Japanese, recogniz-ing danger, broke contact and withdrewalong the trail toward Kamaing.

When the pressure on the 2nd Battalionease<l, General Stilwell ordered the entireMarauder unit into bivouac for a briefrest period. It was during this period thatdissension between the Marauders andGeneral Stilwell began. From their as-sociation with Wingate's Chindit Divis-ion, the Marauders felt they had beenpromised that after 90 days in combat,they would be relieved. The troops weresoon to find out that Stilwell had otherideas. Myitkyina was the key to the con-quest of Northern Burma. Enemy controlof North Burma had to be broken. Stil-well was going to do it whether it t00k90 days or 190.

General Stilwell's plan was concise.The 3rd Battalion of the Marauders andthe 88th Regiment of the Chinese 30thDivision formed K force under ColonelKinnison; the 1st Battalion of the Mar-auders and the 150th Regiment of theChinese 50th Division constituted H Forceunder Colonel Hunter. M Force, underColonel McGee, comprised the 2nd Bat-talion of the Marauders and a smallforce of guerrillas from 101. The entiretask force was to use the code name Gal.ahad and would be commanded by Gen-eral Merrill, who had recovered from hisheart attack.

To take the pressure off Myitkyina,General Stilwell ordered the Chinese 22ndand 38th Divisions to capture Kamaingand clear the Hukawng Valley of Jap-anese. The 3rd Indian Division, theChindits, now under British General Len-taigne, were to throw a block on the rail.way corridor and prevent any major Jap-anese movement toward Myitkyina. TheBritish-Kachin Levies were to captureSumprabum and to continue their move-ment southward toward Myitkyina. De-tachment 101 was to support the opera-tions of the combat forces, particularlyGalahad.

Colonel Kinnison's K Force led off on28 April from Nawbum, followed by Colo-nel Hunter's H Force. They were preced-ed on the trail by a group of KachinRangers led by Lieutenant Bill Martinaccompanied by the Marauder S.2, Cap-tain Laffin, and a few other people fromthe Intelligence section. The Maraudershad with them two officers from theBurma Army. They were Jack Gershamand Captain Darlington, and they knewthe area.

The Kumon Range over which the Kand H Forces had to proceed attainsheights of 8,000 to 9,000 feet. Even thelow pass through which the main bodyof Galahad was to move exceeds 6,500

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feet. The pre-monsoon rains arrived early;the trail was slippery and greaselike.Progress was one step forward, two slipsback. Startled mules fell off the trail totheir death. Hours of hard marching woredown many American and Chinese sold-iers, and they found it easier to leave allbut the barest necessities alongside thetrail. (So drastic was this lightening ofpacks that later, a Kachin unit follow-ing the same trail collected more than2,000 blankets.)

On the east side of the Kumon Rangethe Galahad force had a brush with Jap.anese infantry in the area of Ritpong.Even though K Force wiped out theenemy, the engagement delayed Galahadby about three days; it created an air ofuncertainty as to whether the movementtoward Myitkyina had been discovered.Most unsettling, the place was infectedwith mite typhus against which thetroops had not been inoculated. A plaguewas upon them; within a few days, Colo-nel Kinnison and many others were dead;large numbers of men were evacuated tohospitals where, if they recovered at all,the recoveries would be long and slow.

After Ritpong, K Force made a feinteastward toward Nsopzup and the enemygarrison there. At Tingkrukawng they ov-erwhelmed a Japanese force of reducedbattalion strength and screened the areafrom any possible westward movement...

Meanwhile, H Force had bypassed Kand proceeded southward toward Arang,where they received a final airdrop andpicked up a group of Kachin guerrillasunder Lieutenant Hazelwood. The guer-rillas led them over abandoned and hid-den trails. Other guerrillas screened theflanks. Nau, a young Kachin guide, wasbitten by a poisonous snake and althoughseriously weakened, continued on, ridinga local mountain pony. He led the wayto the Myitkyina airstrip. After safelycrossing the Myitkyina-Mogaung Roadand railroad, H Force spent the night inNamkwi, a Shan village. The followingmorning, 17 May, H Force attacked theairstrip, an attack so unexpected that be-fore the day was over the great Myitkyinaairstrip had been won. The advance car-ried to the bend in the Irrawaddy Riverto the south.

There was jubilant celebration. Thecampaign seemed almost over. GeneralMerrill flew in from Arang and assumedlocal command. So far, the operation hadthe classic features of a stunning victory.All in the Northern Battle Area visualizedthe immediate fall of Myitkyina. Thehonor of actually capturing the city, Stil-well decided, would be the Chinese's.

With bugles sounding the advance, twobattalions of Chinese entered the town ina supposedly coordinated attack, one from

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the south, the other from the west. TheChinese advanced with hardly a shot fir.ed against them. At dusk, the two battal.ions were nearing the railway station inthe center of town. Here a handful of do-or.die Japanese snipers started pickingoff men from both units. Then there en-sued a horrible response. Possibly panic.stricken, possibly enraged, the Chinesestarted shooting one another. To this day,it is uncertain why. The losses were un.believable: two Chinese battalions me.thodically, madly destroying each otherto the point where they had to be with.drawn.

The Japanese started pouring rein.forcements into Myitkyina from every di.rection. In a week their strength ap.proached 3,000; in a fortnight it was 5,000.Myitkyina is surrounded by paddy fields,dense jungles and fields of elephantgrass; and now the monsoon rains werebeginning to fall. The defenders werebetter off than the Allied attackers. Atone point, in fact, the Japanese outnum.bered the attackers, and there was a realpossibility that the enemy would seize theoffensive again.

The Allies, with the airfield still intheir hands, brought in reinforcementsfrom every part of the CBI until therewere 12,000 men ready for the effort tobreak the Japanese grip. They were sup.ported by fighters and bombers of the10th Air Force; but it was impossible totake Myitkyina without infantry battlingfor every square foot of ground.

The Japanese were battle-wise, and ifthey had kept Myitkyina they would havehad a handsome success to crow over. Onthe Allied side, the Marauders were spent,yet Stilwell could not spare them. Theirranks had been depleted by battle casual-ties' disease and fatigue had taken amal'icious toll; morale was sagging. Itwas at this time that acrimony betweenthe Marauders and General Stilwellreached its peak. The Chinese units, new.ly arrived and with little combat experi-ence, lacked enterprising troops and lea.dership.

General Merrill suffered a third heartattack early in the siege and had to berelieved. After a number of rapid changesof command, General Wessles became thenew commander.

The dog.eat-dog fight for .Iyitkyinacontinued day after day; through June.July, and into August. The monsoon h~a'and rain punished both sides. The A!lle-were able to sustain their force, bu heJapanese could not replace their lo.ses.Even so, the Japanese continued to hold;not a man among them surrendered. Inlate July came the first break in the ba .tle. General Mizukami, the Japanese com.mander, committed bara.karl. On the

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night of 2 August, Colonel Maruyama ledthe last 200 Japanese out of Myitkyinaand across the Irrawaddy River, southtoward Bhamo. The ,battle for Myitkyinawas over.

Stilwell's dream-a land route to China-was now in sight.

While the Myitkyina campaign wasstill underway we had busily engaged inextending our espionage and guerrilla op.erations further to the south. Two opera.tions involving the British forces in Cen.tral Burma had a prominent part III thisdevelopment.

In early 1944, the Japanese had as.sembled a three-dh-Lion force of over100,000. In _larch hey. ruck a resound.ing blow at the British Four eenth Armyin an attempt to drive hrough to India.Only the gallant stand of the Indian andBritish forces at Imphal and Kohimahalted the breakthrough. Shortly, theFourteenth Army took the offensive, andwas never stopped thereafter. To concen.trate their troops for the drive on India,the Japanese had developed numeroussmall supply installations. These targetswere built to order for our guerrilla for.ces. Accordingly, our operations werepushed further south to deal with them.

Separate from the Fourteenth Army ,vasGeneral Orde Wingate's 3rd Indian Divi.sion, the Chindits. The division was flowninto Burma, south of Myitkyina, by the1st American Airborne Commandos underColonels Cochran and Alison.

With the Chindits were sent 12 of ourbest Kachin agents, under Saw Judson,who set up listening posts along the trailsand in the villages around the Chindits.When the Chindits moved out, theseagents remained behind to continue theirespionage and to serve as a nucleus forthe developement of guerrilla forces. Acouple of our lieutenants, each with aradio operator and an agent or two, ac.companied the Chindits to establish con.tact with the Kachins and start raisingguerrilla forces. One moved north ofKatha; the other went into the IrrawadyRiver Valley. Both were successful.

The Chindits had a force of their ownto work with the Kachins in the area ofKhamo. The group totaled about 50 andwas known a the Dab (or knife) Force.Captain Joo.t and four of our Kachillsaccompan'ed the Dab group across theIrrawadd,- R"'er and into the mountains.Alo " • e yay hey managed to put are \' Ja c" out of action. They found'he 'ac'n riendly and desirous of\'or -' g aga'n t the Japs. We wanted toeYe opera .ons tarted near Bhamo, so wearran"ed \.- h the British to have theirper.o e he Dah Force transferred to~01.

There ,'a a gap between the railway

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corridor and the British Fourteenth Armyon the Imphal Front. Detachment 101was given the mission of mobilizing itsforces for fighting in this area, 200 mileswide with several north.south terrain cor.ridors traversing it. If the Japanese de.cided to counterattack, it would bethrough the gap, for it presented a clearroute to the Ledo Road. Detachment 101had to raise troops to stop this gap.Major Red Maddox, the commander ofArea III, increased the guerrilla forcesto approximately 2,000.

In the first corridor to the west of therailway, Lieutenant Danielewicz raised aforce of about 400 guerrillas. Many armedShans and Burmese who had been work.ing with local Japanese garrisons defect.ed to Kachin guerrilla units. In the nexttwo corridors to the west, Major DowGrones and Captain Butch Thorlin organ.ized two guerrilla units of 400 to 500 meneach, with Mansi as their main base.From here they carried out raids andsabotage.

Further to the west Lieutenant Cous.soule ("the Greek"), with a guerrillaforce of about 300 conducted similar opel'.ations. One evening he and a few of hi:;guerrillas left their jungle camp andmoved south through the jungle. 1 heymarched all night and all the next day,and by midnight were 50 miles away andon the outskirts of a large Jap supplydump. They got a couple of hours' restand just before daybreak raided thedump, catching the enemy completely bysurprise. Coussoule's men burned 11 largewarehouses and destroyed over 1,000 tonsof critically needed supplies.

In the central area south of Myitkyinawe expanded our operations. LieutenantConley and Sergeant Aubry were amongthe first in the area. They were met bySaw Judson's agents and escorted to hishideout in the Hopin Hill Tract. Saw as.sisted them in raising a guerrilla unitwhich, after a short period of hard train.ing, moved south through the hills to.ward Katha.

Later Lieutenant Dean Brelis joinedforces with Saw. Their activities were amodel of efficiency. They seemed to knowthe location of every Jap in the railwaycorridor. When the Air Corps hit a targetdesignated by Dean and Saw, they kneweverything about the target and got ex.cellent results.

Captain Grimm was in charge of op.erations in the central area. He had sixguerrilla units varying in size from 100 to400 men. These converged on the Japan.ese center at Katha. In a short period theycleared the Japs out of the surroundingvillages, put blocks on the river, roadsand trails, and effectively isolated thecity. The fire fights were generally ~hort

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and ,bitter. Japanese resistance was wornthin; when the British 36th Division ar.rived; they entered the city of Katha al.most without opposition.

In the Sinlum Hills of Bhamo, MajorPete Joost and Major Lazum Tang of theBurma Army teamed up to develop thelargest guerrilla formations ever raiSEdby 101. Many ex.Burma Army soldiers reosided in the Sinlumkaba (big Sinlummountain) area, and Lazum recruitedthem by the hundreds. He also organizedall of the nearby villages, handled di~tri.bution of food, set up an intelligence net.

Joost understood the Kachin and theirpsychology, and they almost idolized him.Within three months Tang and Joostraised, equipped and trained two bat-talions, of 1,000 men each, and had threemore in training.

General Stilwell was relieved as Com-mander of the CBI in October 1944. Lieu-tenant General Daniel 1. Sultan becameIndia.Burma Theater Commander, andMajor General Albert C. Wedemeyer tookover the China Theater. We felt greatconcern over the future of 101. GeneralSultan had been Stillwell's deputy in NewDelhi and had no firsthand knowledge ofthe battle in Northern Burma. Our fearswere put to rest, however, when he visited101. He liked what he saw, especially theKachin guerillas, said so, and told us toget on with the job. . •

Under the impetus of 101's enlargedrole, operations had expanded consider.ably. We had 17 different aircraft and 29pilots, about 250 US officers and 750 en.listed men. Included were eight officerswho had requested transfer from the Mar.auders when that unit was inactivated.Sergeant Brough, a British subject in theUS Army serving with Seagrave HospitalUnit, and a conscientious objector, alsotransferred to 101. He proved a tower ofstrength.

With the capture of Bhamo by theChinese 1st Army, the forward Head-quarters of 101 at Myitkyina was a longway from the front lines and still furtherfrom the guerrilla units. About five milessouth of the Bhamo, we located a Shanvillage with sufficient housing for ourneeds and a cattle.grazing area nearbywhich could be converted into a 2,000.foot landing strip. We moved into thevillage in late January, at the same timeas the NCAC and the 10th A.F.H. com.pleted their move into Bhamo.

We stepped up the tempo of our espion.age operations. In the next four months19 additional agent groups were infiltrat.ed into Burma.

With the advance of the Allied Forcessouth of Bhamo, Major Joost moved hisArea I field headquarters northwest ofLashio and began concentrating his guer.

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rilla battalions around that city. Therewere now seven battalions, of about 1,000men each, a formidable force.

The 3rd Battalion, under Lieutenant JoeLazarsky, was the first to move. Theycrisscrossed the Burma Road north ofLashio several times, shooting up Japan.ese f.oot and motor columns and raisinghell In general. Lazarsky was hurting theJaps, and !hey reacted with pressure, in.fantry, artillery and tanks. Joe withdrewunder pressure, ambushing the enemy atevery turn, until he reached his airfield.There a three. day pitched battle wasfought.

It was during this engagement thatSergeant Brough ceased being a conscien.tious objector. As a medical aid man hehad three wounded guerrillas killed onhis ,back as he attempted to carry themto safety from the far side of the strip. Hesaid. "If that's the way they are going tofight, I am no longer an objector." Hetook charge of one of the companies andserved with outstanding distinction. Hewas later given a battlefield commission,and after the war became a medical doc.tor in England under the G.!. Bill.

Meanwhile, the other battalions movedin to tighten the ring around the city. Theseven battalions eventually gained con.trol of all the roads and trails leading in.to the city and were sitting on the ridg-es surrounding it. To avoid any conflktbetween the guerrillas and the regulartroops, when the Chinese advanced onLashio from the north, all guerrilla bat.talions were withdrawn 15 miles to thewest. The Chinese occupied the city withpractically no resistance.

By mid.March General Slim's Four.teenth Army was knocking on the door ofMandalay. By the end of March the 36thBritish Division was also on the road, andthe Allies now controlled it all the wayfrom Mandalay to Kunming.

General Sultan had advised 101 that,when the combat troops reached theLashio-Mandalay line, we should take ac-tion to disband our guerrilla force. Someof the Kachins lived only 100 miles away,but many more were nearly 300 milesfrom home. They had been serving asguerrillas for over two years and "wEretired of fighting. Those Kachins whosehomes were nearby we planned to sendhome on foot, while those who liyed aconsiderable distance away, we pIa I ",dto fly back to the airfield neare: eirhomes.

Besides the Citation for Militan' .-\.-.:i .ance (CMAl which was awarded f(>feats of outstanding gallantry, 101 a.oinitiated a Campaign Badge to be award-ed all Kachin Rangers who had sEf\'edwith distinction against the enemy. I waa silver bar about three inches long, withBurma campaign engraved on i~ face

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and a lightning-slashed 101 in the cen-ter. They were prized by the Kachins. Wealso had a shoulder patch made whichwas presented to them on discharg~. Itwas red, white and blue, along the linesof the CBI patch, with Kachin Ra!1gersembroidered across the top. The effectwas tremendous; they were being treatedas equals, not as mercenaries. They couldhardly restrain their tears.

But 101 had hardly more than beguninactivation of its guerrilla units beforethe situation in China became cloudedwith crisis. A decision was made to movethe remaining Chinese divisions and theAmerican infantry battalions to Chinaearlier than had been planned. GeneralSultan feared lest the newly opened sm.well road to China would be exposed topossible Japanese action north of Lashio.His main concern was the area south ofHsipaw.Maymyo where there were an es.timated 5,000 to 6,000 Japanese, mostlyof the 56th Division.

General Sultan asked if I thought 101's10,000 guerrillas could clear the Japs outof this area and sieze the Taunggyi-Ken.tung Road. Evidently he had forgottenhe had told us to disband and that it wasalready in process. However, we cam(l upwith four battalions.

Major Delaney took over an experi.anced battalion and immediately headedsouth. The other three battalions weregiven approximately a month to reorgan.ize, fill up', re-equip and train.

Major Delaney's 10th Battalion <;tartedoff the final mission in early April 1945.They skirted Hsipaw and proceededthrough the hills paralleling the road tothe vicinity of Loilem. By mid-April thebattalion had established a redoubt in thehills overlooking the target-the Taung.gyi.Kentung Road. During the next twomonths guerrilla patrols from the 10throamed the areas far and wide andplayed havoe with the Japanese units.

The 10th Battalion refused to fight theenemy on his terms; the raiding of Japcamps and ambushing of motor columnswere their primary tactics. These tech.niques proved highly successful. By mid.June the Japanese had given up the useof the road between Tauggyi and Mong.pawn. The Battalion had complete controlof thi sue ch of the road.

In two and one.half months they killed3().4e emy .:oldier , destroyed 22 vehicles,alo \.' merous depots and storagea. ea.:, ba alion, nearly all Kachin,

ad e- '. a en killed., ..e 1-- Ba alion, under Major Dow

1'.. -a. he first Detachment 101 unit'0 .:'eze a d old a sizeable portion of theTa ee." _.-entung Road.

I' a--alion's mission was to move.. c ea.' g out all pockets of Japan-

res's-a, ceo until they reached the

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Taunggyi.Kentung Road. Then they wereto establish a roadblock to deny the Jap.anese the use of the road as an escaperoute to Thailand.

By the end of May, the 1st Battalionhad accomplished its mission and wassystematicaly patrolling the road betweenthe river and Namsang. In all of its en-gagements the 1st Battalion killed 48Japanese without any casualities.

Lieutenant Colonel Newell Brown's 2ndBattalion had a rough job, one that pro.vided little opportunity for any free rna.neuvering. Their mission was to advancedue south along the first. class, pavedroad between Hsipaw and Loilem and toclear all Jap pockets of resistance as theyadvanced. Initially the 2nd Battalion en.countered only scattered enemy resis.tance. They occupied Mongkung in earlyMay and passed on toward Laihka. Northof Laihka they captured two large dumps,one medical and the other ammunition.The medical supplies were surprisinglygood and were an answer to 101's medi.cal needs during the remainder of thecampaign.

Laihka contained three airstrips, andthe 2nd Battalion had expected a hotfire. fight for the town; but the Japs with.drew from it after setting off demolitioncharges on the runways. As the battalionmoved south, however, they were met byincreasingly stiff Japanese resistance. TheJapanese plan for the defense of the areawas now apparent. They had given upLaihka, which was located on an open,plain area, and had withdraw~ all oftheir troops to the tree covered hIll tractsto the south. They could dig in near th.eroad leading into Loilem and cover Itwith rifle and artillery fire. Loilem wasthe key to the Jap defenses. It was tl~emain road junction with the TaunggYI'Kentung Road, and there was no doubtthat the Japanese intended to hold it atall costs.

Even with air support-P-38's attackingwith napalm born b s-t h e operationagainst Loilem lasted over ten days.

The heaviest prolonged fighting De.tachment 101 was ever engaged in and,for that matter, some of the heaviestfighting in all of Burma, took place inthe 3rd Battalion area, with its hodge.podge of ethnic groups and nationalities.Kachins were the nucleus; there werealso some Shans, Burmese, a platoon ormore of Karens and even a few Pilaungsfrom the Inle Lake area, whose wivespractice the art of stretching their necksby adding brass rings. There were .someChinese, Indians, British and Amencans.Their initial strength was about 700, butRed recruited as he moved south so thatat times the battalion had a strength ex-ceeding 1,000.

Red knew it was going to be a touch.

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and.go situation because all the agent reoports had indicated strong Japanese for.ces in the Taunggyi region; but morewere in the adjacent Heho area, and stillmore had retreated into the area tromMandalay and Maymyo. To accomplishits mission, Red's unit had to head di.rectly into the center of the Japanesestrength.

When the battalion had been assem.bled, given a rapid training course andorganized into units, Red moved themsouth from the Burma Road and acrossthe dangerous Namtu River. The riverruns through rocky gorges and was .';wol.len by early monsoon rains. The mencould only cross by use of a rope stretchedtaut across the river. The guerrillas knewthis was the point of no return. With theincreasing rains they could not expect torecross this river if forced back by theJaps. As the ,battalion moved south it en.gaged in a few local skirmishes and am.bushed a few small Japanese units stillretreating south from Mandalay.

By the end of April the battalion hadreached Lawksawk, which at the timehad only about 200 Japanese. Red's planwas for two companies to block the roadto the southeast leading to Pangtara, andtwo companies to block another. r<?adleading to the southeast. The remalllll1gfour companies were to assault the cityfrom the north. The Japanese, however,had other ideas. They reinforced the citywith 790 additional troops; and, early inthe morning of 7 May, preceeded by aheavy artillery barrage, they moved northagainst the guerrilla force of about 4,000.These Japs were still in a fighting moodand in all probability wanted to teachthe guerrillas a lesson. The guerrillasstood up well against repeated banzaicharges as the battl~ went ~m from 2.::1.;m.to 2 p.m. Finally, WIth theIr ammumtlOnrunning low, the guerrillas withdrew ingood order to the north. Nine guerrillaswere killed and 15 wounded. A conserva.tive estimate of Japanese casu ali ties wasset at 280. Also, the natives reported thato v e r 80 bullock. drawn cartloads ofwounded were seen moving to the rear.

In the action around Lawksawk, therewere a few large, critical battles, but inaddition there were numerous small en.gagements going on almost continuously.In one instance Lieutenant Ward's guer.rilla company was in constant engage.ment with the Japs for eight days. Rem.nants of the Japanese 15th and 18th divi.sions were still filtering through the areain hopes of reaching Taunggyi and an es.cape route. To save the maximum numberof these troops and to prevent the guer.rillas from seizing control of the entirearea the Taunggyi garrison was tryingdesp~rately to hold a few key points to

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------------------_Battling MadmenofBurmathe nor t h, principally Lawksawk andPangtara.

While the battle for Lawksawk wasgoing on, Lieutenants Martin and Cous-soule with their two companies attac){cdand occupied Pangtara, a sizeable villageabout 25 miles southwest. Pangtara was acritical point which the Japs could n ..)tafford to lose, so they assembled a forceof 600 to re-occupy the town. The Japa-nese deployed their forces skillfully to thewest and attacked the defensive positionsset up by the guerillas. They were !!.top-ped abruptly with numerous casualitiesbut sent out flanking units north andsouth to envelope the 200-odd guerillas.

The guerillas withdrew from the townand esablished a defensive position uut.side the town. The position was so set upthat it amounted to a large.scale ambush.When the Japs attacked, they weI' ecaught in a deadly crossfire from theunits which had been hidden out oneither flank. In this engagement, the en.emy lost' over 100. The losses of 101 wereour heaviest for any engagement of thewar: 30 dead, several wounded, 20 mis-sing.

Red's units had performed well underfire, but they had been hurt and theirsupplies were all but exhausted. Conse-quently he withdrew the forces to hills afew miles north of Lawsawk to re-equip,reorganize and lick their wounds.

As soon as the reorganization was com.

THE FABULOUS FLE/llIi\'GS OF KATH-MANDU. By Grace Nies Fletcher. E. P. Dlltton& Company, New York. May 1964.• 4.95.

This is the inspiring story of the ad-ventures of Dr. Bob and Dr. Bethel Flem-ing the famous medical missionarie inNepal. Most anyone wouid ha\'e been di -couraged at the terms and condi ionunder which their hospital in _'epal \\'a.started, but they were able to make i- asuccess. Inspiration, medicine and anexotic background make this a book w"hwide appeal.

'MARCO POLO'S ADVENTURES IX CHI. -.1.Bl' Milton Rllgoff. American Heritage Pllblish-hig Co. (Harper & Row) New York. April 1964.$3.95.

Essentially a book for children, this ia small treasure house of pictures. Mag-

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pleted, Red had the units again on themove. Many small ambushes were con-ducted' several bridges destroyed, andsome motor transport was shot up. Theseand other activities severely restricted theenemy, who chose to withdraw all of hisforces into Taunggyi rather than face an-nihilation. Lawksawk was re-occupied 1June, Pangtara on 8 June and, by 15 Junethe unit was only five miles from Hehowith patrols on demolition crews alreadyin operation on the road.

The 3rd Battalion killed over 600 enemytroops, captured five, and wounded manymore. They had their hard times, but theywon the battle. This ac ion completed themission of Detachmen 101 to seize theTaunggyi-Kentung Road.' On 1 July or.del'S were is ued to inaeti\'a e the unit assoon as possible_

General Sultan was greatly pleased. Forits action during the period 8 :May to 15June 1945, he recommended Detachment101 for a Presidential Distinguished UnitCitation.

The Citation mentions the "300 Ameri.can officers and men." But the Kachinswere the vital force of 101 in its guerrillaoperations. They were the fighters \vhoraised the flag of freedom in the junglesof Burma. As guerrillas, they never losta battle. It was the Kachins who wrotethe splendid accomplishments of thebattling 101. -THE END

nificent works of art produced in theOrient in the late 13th century are reoproduced. The text catches the ex!Cite-ment of the age of Marco Polo's fascin.ating and most important trip to theChinese court of Kublai Khan.

THE CHINESE NAIL MURDERS. By Robertun GlIlik. Allon Books, New York. JlIne 1964.Paperback: 50e.

This is another story about Judge Dee,a remarkable jurist-detective of ancientChina. Judge Dee, a figure based on reallife, has a fascinating way of unravelingthe most sinister and intricate of crimesand makes events in seventh centuryChina seem exciting and believable.

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Reunion Program Plans Complete

Philadelphia Invites All CBlersPlans for the 17th annual reunion of

CEI veterans and their families have nowbeen completed, acording to Al Frankelof Plymouth Meeting, Pa., reunion chair-man.

With members of the Delaware ValleyBasha of the China.Eurma-India Veter-ans Asociation as hosts, the event willbe held August 5, 6, 7 and 8 at the Sher-aton Hotel in Philadelphia. Here is theprogram planned by the committee:

Tuesday, August 4, 1964-Preunion tripto Atlantic City by special bus. A chancefor a dip in the Atlantic Ocean, a sunbath on the sandy beach, a stroll on theboardwalk and to top it off, dinner at afamous seafood restaurant. This guidedone-day trip will be operated if suffici-ent interest is shown. This side trip isnot included in the registration fee.

Wednesday, August 5, 1964-Registra-tion opens, followed by Delaware ValleyHospitality Room in the evening. Opentime during the day for shopping, sight-seeing, or visiting on your own.

Thursday, August 6, 1964-Again regis-tration, followed by opening businesssession. Eowling and swimming pantiesfor the kids. Afternoon trip to LongwoodGardens by special bus. Located 35 milessouthwest of Philadelphia, we visit the

LONGWOOD GARDENS in suburban Phil-adelphia is one of the showplaces of the EastCoast. It was formerly the estate of Pierre S.du Pont.

formal gardens of Pierre S. Dupont, nowone of America's great showplaces. Typ-ical Pennsylvania country-style "fire-house." dinner served on return trip. Hos-pitality rooms open later in evening.

Friday, August 7, 1964-Registrationagain, followed by morning business ses-sion. Special tours to be offered childrenduring morning hours. Memorial services

NIGHT VIEW of the Philadelphia skyline .... the city where CBlers will gather for the 1964annual reunion in August.

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-------------------Philadelphia InvitesCBIers

INDEPENDENCE HALL, one of the most hist-oric spots in the nation. Here the Declarationof Independence was signed and here the Con-stitution of the United States was debated andadopted.

at Independence Hall in the afternoonwith ample time for walking tours tonumerous points of historic interest inthe vicinity. See Carpenters Hall, thefirst Bank of the U.S., Betsy Ross House,C h r is t Church, Benjamin Franklin'sGrave, and much more, of interest. At6:30 p.m. Puja Parade winds throughstreets of center city, followed by a sump-tuous smorgasbord dinner at Kugler'sRestaurant. Back to the Sheraton Hotelfor the Puja Ball, and later the hospital-ity rooms.

Saturday. August 8. 1964-Regi a ionand business session in the morn"ng. fol-lowe,d by Past Commander's luncheon atPub-Tiki. Oriental food served 'n an ex-otic atmosphere. In the afternoon \-e v" iAquarama, the famous theater 0 - e seaof interest to all ages. Return to Shera-oHotel for Commanders Nigh ba q e'featuring Americanism Award a d "n-stallation of new officers, with en eta'ment provided. Special banquet for ch"_ -reno The hospitality rooms for a succe- -ful conclusion.

As an added attraction, why not includea visit to the New York World's Fair.Plan to spend one or more days either be-fore or after the reunion viewing thispectacle. The Fair is easily reached from

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Philadelphia by train direct to the fair-grounds, or by bus or private car.

Hotel re,servations are to be made withReservation Office, Shera,ton Hotel, 1725Pennsylvania Boulevard, PhiladelphiaPa., and preregistration forms for the re~union can be obtained from James S.Meyers, 5005 N. Sydenham Street, Phila-delphia, Pa.

As usual, the CBI reunion is a familyaffair ... there will be entertainment forall. Those who have never attendedshould make a special effort to be inPhiladelphia thi year.

INDEPENDENCE HALL with IndependenceMall in the background. The beautifully-land-scaped Mall provides an attractive setting forthe nation's most famous historic site.

.-\ Be.:: . P~.-\CE in Philadelphia is the harbor,ho n in t" airview.

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Father Welfle Visits Kashmir

A Patch of ParadiseBy RICHARD A. WELFLE, 5.1.

Kashmir: Th~re is witchery in thatname. It first cast its speii on me In ageography class years ago, when itchanged a drab little school room into alovely oval-shaped valley, walled in bymajestic mountain ranges high up in theHimalayas. Beyond the snows to the Westlay the barren wastes of Afghanistan.Far to the North and East stretched thebleak plateau of Tibet. And 6,000 feetbelow to the South spread the scorchingplains of Hindustan.

All these forbidding neighbors onlyserved to enhance the beauty of the val-ley. Through its gre,en fields and forestsflowed a gleaming river, fed by crystalstreams that came racing down fromglacier-fluted peaks. Hardy rainbow troutplayed in the sun-streaked pools of thestreams, and rippled luxuriously in thebracing current of the river. The lakeswere fringed with red lotus in full bloom,and their limpid waters mirrored thetowering mountains. Bright flowers car.peted the floor of the valley. Nuts andluscious fruLts burdened the tre,es in lav.ish abundance. The people, a dark-skin.ned race with Semitic features, were cladin baggy pantaloons, and clusters oflarge silver rings adorned the ears of thewomen. They were clever in carving. Butit was especially their rugs and shawlsthat won fame far beyond the valley.They spoke a language I could not un.derstand, but beckoned to me, withfriendly smile,S. I assured them that oneday they would meet me in that lovelyvalley.

After many years that day arrived, andI found myself writing this while delight.fully established on a picturesque house.boat on that river in the valley. I wasindebted to a community of Irish Presen-tation Nuns for making that boyhooddream come true, and I call on SaintPatrick to see that their reward shallbe great in Heaven. They invited me togive their annual retreat there in Srin.agar, the Capitol of Kashmir, where they

FATHER IF"ELFLE. of the Xavier Teachers'Training InJlitute of Patna, India, has writtena number of interesting articles which haveappeared in Ex-CBI Roundup. He is also theauthor of PIECES OF INDIA, a collection ofstories about India and bldians, published re-ce'lIl)' by Loyola University Press, Chicago.

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have a splendid school right on thebanks of the Jhelum River.

Kashmir is reached by a motor roadthat abounds in gorgeous mountainscenery up through the Jhelum valley.For sheer beauty this drive is perhapsunrivaled anywhere in the world. Thevalley is walled in on either side bywooded ranges rising up to five and sixthousand feet. The road, clinging to theprecipitous slope of the ridge on theright as one ascends, keeps twisting inin and out of narrow ravines, acrosssplashing streams, along perilous ledgesof rock, and through groves of deodartrees, which are said to be the first cou.sins to the cedars of Lebanon. This ap.proach to Kashmir is hazardous at anytime of the year, but during the rainyseason it becomes positively dangerous.Frequent landslips carve great gashesin the mountainsides and carry road andall down into the river/ which racesalong past massive boulders and sheerlimestone cliffs. But, about twenty milesfrom Sringar, it changes pace. Froma dashing mountain torrent it becomes aslow stately stream. An<\ the enclosingmountain walls gradually widen apartand take on stature until they becomethe 10Lty peaks of the Pir Pangal, KunLun, Nanga Parbat, and other giganticsnow. capped sentinels standing guardover the rich, extensive lovely valley ofKashmir.

On my arrival in Srinagar, I discoveredthat the Nuns were determined that Ishould miss nothing during my stay inKashmir, and had therefore engaged ahouseboat for me. And I had reason tosuspect that more than a mite. of Irishmerriment prompted them to establisha sedate Jesuit on a boat with such anoutlandish name. At any rate, there weremischievous smiles as Mother Peter, atthe head of her little flock, welcomed meand watched my reaction as I eyed thatname: THE JOLLY JANE.

The fact is that THE JOLLY JANE andI became fast friends at first sight.Though not exactly a luxury liner, stillshe made a tidy floating home, with asitting room, a dining saloon, a bed.room,and a bath, arranged in that order fromstem to stern. The Captain of THE JOLLYJANE was a wily but delightful Moham.medan named Habeeb. The very firstmorning, after he had taken me all overthe boat, and diligently displayed all hermerits, leaving the bad points to be dis.covered by myself, he brought forth a

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------------------- A Patch of Paradisecollection of testimonial letters, carefullypreserved in a cigarette carton. Thesewere intended to impress me with thefact that I was mighty lucky to be in hishands. Habeeb was perfectly innocentof any knowledge of English, and Ithough it was just as well as I perusedthis particular testimonial:

THE JOLLY JANEHouseboat No. 466Srinagar, Kashmir

A ruddy good rogue is Habeeb. Act-ing as Master, mate, bos'n, and cookto this hulk, THE JOLLY JANE, hehas piloted me up and down theJhelum, and as a temporary landlub-ber he was my majordomo and 'bon.ne a tout faire' on a trek in the LolabValley. I know not when I may againhave the bad luck to place myself inHabeeb's care. I only hope the blight.er will be away on a pilgrimage toMecca, if I ever have the good fortuneto return to Kashmir.

A. G. MOMBRA12 Light BatteryRoyal ArtilleryNorthwest Frontier.

It is considered quite the smart thingto live on a houseboat in Kashmir. Someof them are swanky, with elaborate ap-pointments, and serve as permanentdwellings the year round. But the ma-jority are occupied only during the hol-iday season when the Sahibs and otherswho can afford it make for the hills toget away from the intolerable heat ofthe plains. The boats are propelled bycoolies with long bamboo poles fromone beauty spot to another, and thus pro-vide perhaps the most comfortable anddelightful way of enjoying Kashmir.Hundreds of them line the shores out onthe lakes, and hundreds more are tied upto the banks of the river and the num.erous canals in Srinagar.

This labyrinth of waterways inter_ect-ing the city justifies Sri nagar's econdname, "The Venice of Kashmir". So alsodoes the small gondola.like plea ureboat, called a "shikara." This i a slen-der little craft, about fifteen feet inlength, five feet wide at the beam, andJ;racefully tapering to a mere poin ap.ither end. The fancy ones have _pr'ngseats, pretty rugs, and a un--he,-e{)verhead from which flutter gay co a edcurtains. Some of them also ha\'e co 0.-ful names, such as "Buckingham Pa ace '"Rock-a-by-Baby," and "Merrily \\'e Ro l

Along."The most conspicuous landmark .

Sri nagar is a hill, called Takht-i.Suliman.on top of which is an ancient Hindutemple that dates back, according 0some authorities, to 229 B.C. The hillrises to a height of 1,000 feet, and when

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I saw it for the first time I knew atonce that my penchant for climbing highplaces would give me no rest until Ihad surveyed the vale of Kashmir fromthe top of Takht.i.Suliman.

A magnificent panoramic view wasthe reward of my climb. Below me laythe entire valley, so extensive that it ap.peared to be a vast plain, hedged in onall sides by impregnable mountains. Inevery direction towered lofty ranges withshifting masses of puffy white cloudsconcealing the higher peaks. In from thedarkly wooded foothills spread a brightcarpet of yellow mustard and emeraldgreen rice field . And across the lengthof the valley floor, like a gigantic ser.pent basking in the sun, stretched thegleaming river. A it flowed through thetown, it was straddled by seven pictur.esque wooden bridges, and on either sidehuddled the shops and houses, with hereand there the pinnacles of a Hindu tern.pIe or the minarets of a Mohammedanmosque dominating the scene. Close by onanother eminence reared the massivestone walls and turrets of Akbar's Fort,frowning down on the town in front, andon the placid waters of Dal Lake behind.On the far western shore of the lakespread the magnificent gardens of Ni-sh••.t and Shalim:n.

This view of Dal Lake was the inspira-tion for a memorable 'Outing. For, whenI got back to THE JOLLY JANE, Habeebgreeted me with a ,bewitching smile,which was his way of asking: "Wherehave you been?" I told him, and workedmyself up into a bit of a rhapsody overthe beauty of Dal Lake, Then, after hehad congratulated me profusely on climb.ing Takht-i.Suliman, as though it werea feat that few visitors to Srinagar hade\'er accomplished, Habeeb assured mehat it would be a downright shame and

a slur on the beauty of Kashmir if Idid not spend a day on Dal Lake, I knewof course that all this solicitude on thepart of Habeeb was not purely altruis.tic; his wily brain had conceived somescheme of making a few extra annas,But I would not begrudge Habeeb a fewannas, even if thev were the last I hadon earth. So, giving him the additionalplea ure of hink'ng that the expedition\-as e "re y . doing, I told him to en.

gage a ..•. Lara." and the following day. "e entirely to the goddess

a ' - charge of Dal Lake.a ~ . en vithdrew with a profound

- aa I proceeded to catch up one ac correspondence. But soon I

--a.:: '_' . ed by the sound of angry voi.e_ '. aero: the river, and I thoughtreco ize one of them as Habeeb's. I

_'e ped '0 ' e \vindo\\'. Sure enough,he e -a H'abeeb in hot argument with

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the owner of a "shikara," and the pointat issue was Habeeb's commission forbringing business to the boatman. I gath.ered that he had been offered three an-nas, but Habeeb spurned this paltry sumas nothing less than an insult. He washolding out for six. This the boatmanregarded as outlandish and downrightimpertinent. So the battle raged on fullsteam ahead, until I called to Habeebfrom the foc'sl of THE JOLLY JANE. Itold him to stop that disgraceful wrang.ling, settle for four annas, and I wouldmake up the other two. Completely chaogrined at being caught in the act of chi.canery and extortion, Habeeb immediate-ly went off down stream, and later whenI passed him smoking his hubblebubbleunder the big chenar tree, he salaamedas usual, but showed no inclination tochat. And this was altogether UNusualfor Habeeb.

Anyway, Habeeb tried to redeem hisharlor by doing a very nice job in ar.ranging the outing. Promptly at 8 0'.clock next morning a "shikara" skimmedl~ghtly across the river and came along-Side THE JOLLY JANE. It had springseats, a pretty red rug on the floor. andwas canopied with red and white drap.eries fluttering from the sun.shelter. It~ll:s "M~rrily We Roll Along." So, for-tIfied With a basket of lunch providedby the Sisters, I set out with Rasul, sonof Habeeb, and two sturdy paddlers.

With the dark purple ranges loomingup in the distance, we made our wayup stream, past innumerable houseboatslining either shore. We also met manysmall country boats loaded with grainand vegetables for the bazaar. Usuallythey were paddled by a scrawny woman,squatting precariously at the very tip ofthe prow and only an inch or twofrom the water. And often as notthere would be a little chocolate-skinnedbaby hanging over the side, trailing atiny hand in the water. One youngsterbegan squawking as our boat drew near,so the mother showed me how these riverwomen handle that problem. Scarcelylosing a stroke at the paddle, she flippedthe baby overboard, quickly grabbed itagain, and left it thoroughly frightenedand sputtering on the bottom of the boat.This struck me as rather rough treat.ment, but then who am I to tell a Kash.miri mother how to mind her baby.

Soon we turned into a side canal, andwent gliding under an ancient stonebridge with a graceful pointed arch thatdated it back to Mogul times. Over thearch was inscribed: "Work is the salt ofthe earth". Clearly someone was anxiousthat the people should get the rightslant on the dignity of labor, for a little

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later we passed another inscription whichread: "Work is worship".

We now branched off from the canalinto another channel, and here the realbeauty of the trip began. From time totime the channel broadened out intolovely lagoons, with weeping willowsoverhanging the banks and gazing Nar.cissus.like at their image in the crystalclear water. Golden orioles streakedthrough the foliage, black and whitewagtails pattered along the bank, andfor some time a small kingfisher keptcircling the boat with its glinting blueplumage flashing in the sun. Further onat the entrance to Dal Lake, we came up.on the lotus beds. The beauty of that vi.sion still haunts me. There were acres ofthem on tall straight stems rising upabove the broad green discs of their leavesfloating on the water. Some were stillunopened, a deep red, heart.shaped andlarge as a man's clenched fist. Others,full. blown, had their delicate pink petalsspread like the cup of a Gothic chalice.Some of the leaves had little pools of wa.ter cupped in the center, and they spar.kled in the sun like diamonds on greenvelvet. One leaf was large enough to sup-port a long-legged white heron. It perch.ed there motionless, peering down intothe water, watching the countless min-nows flashing in and out of the marinegrowth on the bottom, and waiting forone of them to venture to the surface,

We now went gliding across the placidsurface of the lake, with the distantmountains reflected in the water asclearly as a polished mirror, until wecame to a small wooded island, ringedround with a beach of clear white sand.The boat was drawn up, and soon Rasulhad spread a tablecloth on the greenturf beneath a giant chenar tree. I thenproceeded to annihilate the nice lunchfrom the Sisters with an appetite whettedto ravishing keenness by a morning inthe open air.

Then on to Nishat and Shalimar. Thesetwo magnificent gardens were bequeath.ed to Kashmir by Mogul Emperors: Akbarthe Great Mogul incorporated the coun.try into his far. flung kingdom in 1586,and the population is predominantly Mo.hammedan still today. Akbar himselfvisited Kashmir only three times. He leftthe grim stone walls of Hari Parbat Fortfrowning down on Dal Lake from thesouthern shore. But after Akbar cameJahangir, who made this rich valley hisfavorite resort, and enhanced its ,beautywith Nishat and Shalimar.

It was mid.summer when I visited thegardens , and I found them nothing lessthan enchanting. But I was told that onemust stroll through them in the springtime or autumn to behold them at their

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The Sisters supplied me with a flask ofcoffee and sandwiches for the way. andthere was merriment galore as MotherPeter presented me with a pretty littlehouseboat made of "papier mache." Onit was inscribed in fancy lettering: THEJOLLY JANE.

In the case of Habeeb, the leave-takingwas more difficult, I knew it would be.His eyes were misty with pent-up tears,but they cleared considerably when Ihanded him ten rupees as "baksheesh,"and a page of praise to be added to hiscollection of testimonial letters. Someweeks later, after I had returned to myhome base, I received a letter from Kash.mir. Translated, it read:

THE JOLLY JANEHouseboat "'0. 466Sri nagar, Kashmir

best. Sir Francis Younghusband, a for.mer British Resident of Kashmir, enjoyedthis thrill often, and in his book on Kash-mir he writes: "It would be hard to finda more beautiful garden than Shalimaron an autumn evening, when the greatavenue of chenar trees is tinged withgold and russet, when the lofty moun.tains which rise behind it take on everyshade of blue and purple, and long linesof fountains running through the avenuesparkle in the sunshine." But: "Nishatis decidedly the favorite garden .....Its situation on the rising ground slopingup from Dal Lake, backed by a range ofmountains immediately behind, and withviews far over the water and over thevalley to the distant snows, and its beau.ty in the springtime when the Kashmirlilac and fruit trees are in blossom, whenthe chenars are in young leaf, and theturf is its freshest green, with the white.ness of the snow now low down on themountain.sides, and the blue sky, thebrilliant sunshine, the yellow mustardfields, and the clouds of pink and whitefruit blossom now in its perfection-any-thing more exquisitely lovely this earthcan surely nowhere show."

The sun was far down in the west aswe left the gardens and went skimmingacross the lake homeward bound. We hadto make time, for a strong wind hadsprung up, and behind us a massed pha.lanx of dark menacing clouds was man-euvering down from the mountains. Soona dazzling streak of lightning leapedfrom peak to peak, followed by adeep rumble of thunder that seemedto make the lake tremble. The two boat-men redoubled their efforts at the oars.The wind had now stiffened into a blus.tering gale. Fortunately the wind waswith us, but it was also driving thestorm. It was a race. We finally reachedTHE JOLLY JANE, and Habeeb was justhelping me scramble up on deck whenthe downpour came.

While the storm raged over the valley,I listened to Habeeb tell about the per.petually frozen lakes higher up in themountains, and about the neighboringvalleys, where the glistening white glac.iers come right down to the valley floor,and where roam the snow. leopard, theibex and the bear. He told me how Icould distinguish a fake Kashmir shawlfrom a genuine "pashmina," which is aspecial rare wool brought in by cara\'anfrom Tibet and Turkestan. He also rhap,sodized on the marvelous fertility ofKashmir, mentioning one tree in particu,lar that bore 1,600 apples averaging halfa pound each. I looked suspiciously atHabeeb, made a quick calculation, andcame to the conclusion that the wily onof the Prophet was trying to pull my leg.

The following morning I had to lea\'e.

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First View of the Taj Mahal

A Wartime Visit to AgraBY GEORGE E. MILHAM exceptions. When we arrived at the Taj,

(Written in December, 1944) the moon was fairly high and full.We left New Delhi in the afternoon by We walked through an outer building

tonga to the railroad station in Old Delhi. and an archway and, then, there beforeIt was a hot day and another instance our eyes stood the huge, magnificent,when we wished the wearing of the sum. world.renowned Taj Mahal, one of themer uniform was still authorized. We most beautiful buildings ever made byleft the new, modern, clean and well. man. It was difficult to ,believe that I waskept capital and rode into the old. What really there, seeing this sight which Ia comparison! In Old Delhi we passed had heard about since I was a child. Wethrough bazaars packed with people, and stood there for several minutes just look-here we saw the filth, poverty and misery ing, saying nothing. So much passedmillions of Indians contend with today. through my mind during that little timeThe stench became stronger as we went that I really don't recall what I did thinkthrough the narrow streets where the of. We were actually afraid to move whentongas became involved with pedestrians, we came to our senses as the huge mast.cyclists, bullock carts, etc. Beggars could erpiece is frightening in the night andbe seen crawling on the ground., some it gives an eerie feeling.with legs, arms, feet or hands missing; Our guide leisurely led us down theothers with spineless backs and so on. It walks to the building itself. As we climb.is a pitiful sight, but something that is ed the steps we couldn't help noticingto be seen any place and any time in that we were on pure white marble,most of India. gleaming in the moonlight. Every piece

When we boarded the train, we went of stone in the entire monument is whiteinto a compartment holding twelve seats marble. We removed our shoes and ent.with other American and British sold. ered. On the level floor, inside the mostiers. Railroads here cater to three class. attractive, intricately designed grille that.es: the first and second classes are used must be on this earth, stand two marbleby those who can afford the luxury- mounds which we immediately thoughtusually Americans, British and well-to.do contained the remains ot Shah Jahan, theIndians. The third class is for the masses Emperor, and his wife,' Mum Taj Mahal,and the cars for them are made with in whose memory the structure was built.benches placed parallel to the length of We were wrong. We were told that theirthe cars. These people travel with just bodies were downstairs, and in the dimabout everything they own-food, cloth. light of the guide's lamp we walked downing, bedding, etc., and how they manage the steps to the tombs. Here, as upstairs,to jam into one of those cars will always we were approached by an Indian whobe a marvel to me. They usually hang was placed there for this special "get.out of the windows and doors, remindful hooked" occasion and who told us thatof the old Toonerville Trolley. the white marble tombs covered the bod.

Upon arrival, after a long and tiring ies of the Emperor and his beloved wife.trip, at the little town of Agra where the After sprinkling "good luck" powder andTaj Mahal is located, we finally made flower petals in our palms, he outstretch.arrangements with a tonga wallah to ed his hands for some good old papertake care of our transportation for the money. He should have used the powderevening. This was done with much brib- himself, because he wasn't too successfuling as these men are as independent as with our response.butchers and cab drivers must be back Aboard the tonga once again, still filledhome today. However, after we told him with the beauty of the Taj in the moon.that we would be extra good to him and light, we directed the wallah to take uswouldn't complain no matter what hap. to the Army post where transients visit.pen ed, and then jamming his pockets ing Agra are accommodated. (Censorshipfull with American cigarettes, he finally prevents mentioning the more interestingconsented to take us on.

We rode through the ancient streets of and fascinating points of this camp.) Af.Agra, at one time the capital of India, ter riding for so long a time and thinkinglined with huge trees that looked mas. for certain that our old horse was ready

to fall to the ground and call it a day,sive and black against the bright moon. we were rescued by a jeep occupied by anlight. It was very quiet and the only noise American captain and his WAC friend ..was the clopping of the horse's hoofs andthe jingle of the bells around his ,neck. They took us directly to our destination.We had chosen a perfect night for our We spent the night at the camp, break.visit. Most people endeavor to go there fasted there, and In the morning a shut.on a moonlight night and we were no tIe bus let us off near the outskirts of

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------------------ A Wartime Visit to Agrathe tow,n where we again hired a tongaand were off for the day.

While on the way to the Red Fort, an.other of Jahan's ideas, we saw a funeralprocession. About fifty people followedthe body which was wrapped up in dirtyclothes and carried on a wide stretcher.like affair. The body was destined foreither the pyre or the river; we couldn'ttell which because we had reached theFort while the procession was still on itsway down the sandy, dusty road.

All cameras had to be surrendered be.fore entrance to the Fort was allowed;why, InOone knew. There w~~n't an~thi.n.ginside that was of any mllltary slgnIfl'cance; but after a few minutes of haggl-ing, we finally and reluctantly surre~d.ered our cameras to the IndIan pollce.They were anxious to be of assistance,of course, bearing in m~nd the bahk.sheesh the generous Amencans were sureto give when they left.

The Fort was constructed back in 1600by Shah Jahan a.nd it is a huge ram~l.ing place. There IS much to see once m.side the big gates. For instance, the roomswhere the harem lived, bathed and werehung by the neck when they becamepregnant. The bath houses were elaborateaffairs as were the gardens and temples.Since we didn't have too much time tospare, we cut short our to~r and hurri~don to the Taj which we wIshed to see mdaylight. We spent two hours there, ap.preciating all the .rr:ore the beayty of thedetails and magnIfIcence of thIS wonder.ful edifice. The white marble hasn't dis.colored in all the passing years and manyof the original jewels still remain intheir proper places.

The Taj was built upon the request ofMum Taj Mahal. Every stone is of whitemarble. Construction took almost twentyyears. Large grilles can be seen all overthe exterior and interior. These weremade from individual slabs of marble ob-tained from northern India (and not Italyas many are led to believe). Legend hasit that if one small segment or the de.sign was broken during the constructionof the grille, the entire slab was des~royedand the stone-mason was not paId forthat piece of work.

The rear of the memorial faces theJumna Rivel'!, actually a river only w~enthe monsoons fill it with water. Dunngthe other months of dry weather. theexcellent soil of the riverbed is used forplanting and crops in abundance are:grown. However, in the rear of the Ta]proper there were several streams of wa-ter and in one in particular we saw thebody of a dead man being chewed topieces by huge turtles and crow.s. It 'yasa horrible sight to see from so Imposmga place as the Taj.

The tonga took us to the ma in part of

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the town where we had dinner in a smallChinese restaurant. Indian food? Chinesefood? No, it was American food-tomatosoup, steak, fried potatoes, tomatoes,apple pie and tea.

Before going to the railroad station forthe return trip, we walked through Agra'smain street where we saw the well.kmown snake charmer, and this one actu.ally had a snake. After the native ArtieShaw saw that we had enough of theflute out came the business proposition.Wouid we like to see a snake fight with.a mongoose? How much? We bartered in'the usual fashion, and when the agentscollected the annas, muttering pitifullythat it was a losing deal, the fight wentoff. We were disappointed with the monogoose because he was afraid of the snake(just the reverse of what it should havebeen) so they changed the participantsand the second and last round started.The brutal beating lasted about five min.utes and when the mongoose had won,the agent brought the snake around toshow us the wound which had been in.flicted upon it, just to prove in. real show-manship manner that we dId get ourannas' worth.

Then it was train time, and if you peo.pIe back home think our stations arecrowded, you should see these in India.The train arrived one hour late. Insteadof twelve people in our compartme~t,twenty.nine of us packed ourselves m.On that trip, it was ALL third class, reogardless of the price paid.

Most of us were tired on the returntrip, but at one tim~ we b~came muchalive when a Hindu, m makmg commentabout the Taj, told us that old ShahJahan cut off the fingers of every personwho had a hand (,no pun intended) inbuilding the Taj. This was so that theycould never go elsewhere in the world tobuild another like it. And all this time Iwas led to believe that old Shah was apeaceful lovable and gentle man ! ! !

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Excerpts from "The Ending"

Kharagpur; Ghost of Air BasePy, an.d some not so happy fellows, play-mg pmg pong, cards, and just sittingaround waiting for their next assignment.

Now the mess halls were empty, thega~e rooms abandoned. The only re-mams of the past activity were the namesthat had been etched and carved on thew~lls. Kilroy was here, along with Harry,MIke, John and Joe Doe, all having serv-ed their country and in a place wherethey didn't have any particular desire tobe, but would make the best of it.

* * *

While this great transition was takingplace, there were thousands of GI's pas-sing through on their way home. Dec. 1st.of "45", the Kharagpur area was playinghost to some ten thousand restless andpoint-shy men from the China Theater.These transients, who would be headingStateside, as the point score was lowered,and if not having the necessary ASR's,would be re-assigned to the IBM Theater,until they did.

Therefore, it was the problem of theAAF I & E Section and Special ServicesDivision to see that these fellows "killedtime" in a profitable fashion. School,would be the answer. LACKAPOINT UN-

As I stood in the doorway of the bar-racks that Fall morning of "45", a planeflew over in the. direction of Kharagpu'r.It was the first one we had seen in sev-eral days. Another cargo of bodies. Theremains were being flown in from Chinaand Burma for interment here at Kal-ikunda, until they could later be sentelsewhere, most likely Calcutta. TheGraves Registration boys were reallyworking around the clock. Not a pleasanttask by any means.

Once every so often, I'd walk over tothe cemetery to watch, not out of curi-osity, but out of piety. It was a distres-sing sight.

The original cemetery had been asmall plot of land, but now it had growninto an enormous size, with all the newbodies arriving. The end of the line hadarrived for so many kids it seemed. Herewere fellows like myself, who would nev-er be able to go home and greet theirmothers and wives with a loving hug andannounce, "I'm home."

All that remained was a cold piece ofmetal in a wooden box showing nameand serial number, and in some casesa small bottle giving information. Forthe first time, I believe I suddenly hadcompassion and understanding as to howhellish war really was. The war had end-ed, but had it for the relatives?

By Z. PAUL BOONEThis is a ghost city, the ghost of the

once mighty air base at Kharagpur, notfar from Calcutta, from which weremounted the first raids against the Jap-anese, flown by the B-29 Superforts of theU. S. Army Air Force.

Kharagpur, in the winter of 1944 wastop s~cret. ~xtremely top secret. Youngmen m OhIO, Texas and Florida knewthe name, knew that they were goingthere, and knew why. They were the menof the XXth Bomber Command bound forIndia to fly against the Jap ~ainland.

The. 7,000 foot runway from which thehuge bombers sped on their way washacked by hand from the red sand andc~ay of ~idnapore by thousands of In-dIan coolIes. Soon, the first squadron'sadvance echelon arrived from the Statesand presently the roar of B.29's was acommon place in India.

The first live raid took place on June5, 1944. The objective of this test workoutwas Bangkok, then in Jap hands. Thatda.y the Nips got the first foretaste oft~mgs to come, a preview of the begin-mng of the end.

For many weeks, the vast Superfortshurdled the Hump, gassed up in Chinaflew on to pound the centers of Jap in:dustry.

But as the course of the war in thePacific moved closer to the enemy homeland, it became possible to attack fromthe Islands, from Saipan, from Okinawa,and one day the XXth Bomber's Super.forts roared away to new bases never toreturn to India. '

Ther~'s not much left today except thememones of years ago, but those will en.dure for a long, long time to come.

A short distance away from the Khar.agp.ur Air Base, was Base Section No.2,KalIkunda, which was starting to take ona deserted appearance in the fall of 1945.

Most of the outfits had been de-acti-vated and the transients were passingthrough on their way to Calcutta andStateside. What had once been one of thebusiest Army bases in India, was nowfore~aken. The only thing that remained,outSIde a few hundred soldiers, to closethe camp down, were rows of desertedArmy barracks. And they had been takenover by animals, decay and the junglelOt.

Only a few months before, this hadbeen a bee. hive of activity. Thousands oftroops and planes coming and goingaround the .clock. Only yesterday, themess halls Jammed with hungry pilotsand soldiers, the game rooms full of hap-

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IVERSITY, at Hijli, was organized. MajorFrancis J. Griffiths, of I. and E. Head-quarters, set up an assembly line tech-nique, that fed students in and out intwo weeks, and gave them 20 hours ofrefresher and basic training in sometwenty different subjects.

Capt. Theodore Whitehead was appoint-ed commandant of the school. The Khar-agpur area was starting to breathe again,but, alas, not for long.

* * *For a few weeks, the area looked like

Grand Central Station at five o'clock.The place was really jumping. I espec-ially noticed the revival, since I hadcharge of Gleason subsistance warehouse,issuing rations to the various outfits, andrunning the theater in off duty hours.

The theater was playing to SRO, niteafter nite. For want of things to do, manya G. I. would watch the same show overand over again. But there came a timewhen our supply of movies would runlow. I can recall so clearly the time I

N~fJlJ JhpalcbeJ trom recent juueJof The Calcutta StateJmlln

SHILLONG-Preliminary investigationshave begun on the feasibility of con-structing an inland port at Jogighopa onthe Brahmaputra in the district of Goal-para, Assam. The site will also be theterminus of the broad gauge railway nowunder construction between Silguri andAssam.

SERAIKELA-Rich deposits of highgrade uranium ore have been struck inthe Bhatin area, about 40 miles from here,by the prospectors of the Atomic EnergyDepartment of the Government of India.This would justify setting up anotheruranium ore mill in the area, besides theexisting one at Jaduguda. The Jadigudamine, presently the principal source ofuranium ore in India, is expected to yieldraw material for the production of re-quisite quantity of atomic fuel for India'sfirst atomic power station at Tarapore.

NEW DELHI-The Qutb Minar was thecentral tower of an observatory built bySamudragupta in 280 B.C. and not by theslave king Qutb-ud-Din Aibak, accordingto a group of historians participating ina symposium on "Indian Chronology" onthe occasion of the 26th InternationalCongress of Orientalists. The ancient

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begged the Special Service boys down atthe Hindustan Building in Calcutta, toplease send me some extra movies. Theyobliged alright.

They arrived late one afternoon, andthere was a packed house that nite. Thelights dimmed and the show started. Allof a sudden, cursing and booing filled theair, and out ran the audience, as thougha skunk had been left loose. But anywonder! On the screen appeared: THEPREVENTION OF VENEREAL DISEASE.Needless to say, I felt pretty silly sittingthere all alone.

* * *The weeks of activity soon passed and,

once again, a stillness hung in the air.The time had come for the jungle rot totake over again.

In the meantime, I had been re.as.signed to Headquarters in Calcutta, andwould be leaving the ghost country ofKalikunda, Kharagpur and Hijli slippingslowly into oblivion.

We shall say farewell to all this, but,never will we forget the memories of it.

name of the Qutb Minar was Vishnud-hvaaja as recorded in the Iron Pillar nearthe tower, they asserted. They pointedout a number of other discrepancies inIndian history which "has been distortedby foreigners and their followers inIndia."

NEW DELHI-A self-loading pistolwhich is much easier to handle thCilntheone now in use in the Indian Army hasbeen developed by Defense Ministry sci-entists and is now under production. Forreasons of securitY" the name of the fac-tory where the new pistol is being man.ufactured will not be disclosed.

NEW DEHLI-The Union Governmentis considering the creation of statutorydrinking water boards on the lines ofStCilteelectricity boards, to "promote" thesupply of drinking water on a commer-cial basis. This would take water supplyout of the control of the municipalities.

CALCUTTA-Wheat is becoming in-creasingly popular in West Bengal, ac-cording to a statement issued by the StateGovernment. In 1963 the total consump-tion of wheat and wheat pro d u c tsamounted to a little over one millionmetric onnes, against 601,000 metrictonne- in 1962.

_'EW DEHLI-The Indian soldier hasso far been an anonymous member of theArmy, nown not by name. ,but by hisregime tal number. But the Governmenthas now a plan to let members of allranks in the Army wear "name tags." Itis hoped that this will help every soldier

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develap his persanality and gain pridein himself. To. start with, the experimentwill be carried aut in a few trainingcenters. The tag will be warn abave theright hand breast packet.

BARODA-Kite flying, a feature af Ma-kara Sankranti celebratians in Gujarat,claimed five lives at Barada in ane day.All the deaths were the result af acci-dental falls fram raaftaps.

NAINI TAL-The Festival af Craws isa traditional festival far the children afthe Kumaan Hills, says UN!. Children inlarge numbers turned aut shauting "KaleKawawa, Kale Kawawa, Kale Kawawa,"to. invite craws to. their hame to. invaketheir blessings far their well-being andbright future. Children ware special gar.lands made af certain edibles which werelater exchanged with relatives andfriends.

PATNA-At a meeting af wamen heldhere, a resalutian was passed demandingimmediate abalitian af the sales tax anglass bangles. The resalutian said thatglass bangles are nat a luxury but asacred symbal af the "suhag" (lave) thatmarried wamen have far the.ir husbands.

RAWALPINDI-Eight new jute millswill be set up and faur existing mills ex-panded in East Pakistan in the near fu.ture, invalving a tatal af 3,000 laams.

CALCUTTA-Theatre Raad is naw to. beknawn as "Shakespeare Sarani," by ac.tian af the, cauncil af Calcutta Carpara.tian. A carparatian afficial said this isane af the very few accasians in livingmemary when the renaming af a publictharaughfare had received general as.sent.

SHILLONG-Altagether 60 families,bearing such Assamese surnames asBara, Saiki a and Hazarika, have arrivedhere from Gaainghat thana in Sylhet dis-trict af East Pakistan. They are descend.ants af Assamese families who. taak ref-uge in Sylhet district during the Burmeseinvasian af Assam early in the 19thcentury.

SIMLA-A waman armed with a sickleslashed and killed a leopard in Punnarvillage in a bald bid to. save her hus-band's life. The leapard entered the yardaf the cauple's hause in Punnar in Sirmurdistrict af Himachal Pradesh and paunc.ed upan a calf. When the man tried to.save the calf the leapard turned an him.His cries far help braught his wife to. therescue; she attacked the leapard andeventually killed it. Bath the waman andher husband were badly mauled andwere taken to. the district haspital.

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DARJEELING-The Fare,st Departmenthas been able to. secure a baby Thar-arare species af gaat-antelape af whichthere are nane in captivity. It is to. bepresented to. the Himalayan ZaalagicalPark in Darjeeling. The fawn, apparentlydeserted by its mather, fallawed samegrasscutters who. had gane to. cut fadderin the Rambi forest, near Tiger Hill.

CALCUTTA-The West Bengal Gavern.ment is thinking af amending the Anti-Prafiteering Act with a view to. punishingcansumers who. buy fish at prices high-er than the ceilings fixed by the Gavern-ment. Their irrespansible attitude, it issaid, has encouraged fish dealers to. pushup prices.

NEW DELHI-"Naya paisa" will becalled just "paisa" in the future, accard.ing to. a bill intraduced in the, Lak Sabhaby the Deputy Minister af Finance, Mrs.Tarkeshwari Sinha. "Naya" is beingdrapped because af the demanetizatian afaf the anna-pice series af cains. The billexplains that "naya paisa" cains willcantinue to. be legal tender and will reomain in circulatian alang with the new"paisa" cains until they are called in.

KATHMANDU-Dr. Kahara, leader afthe successful Japanese expeditian to.Gyachungkang Peak, has described hawAkia Otaki, ane af his climbers, met hisdeath an the mauntain.' Accarding to. amessage to. the Nepal Gavernment, Otakiwas within a few hundred feet af thesummit with the final assault graup. Hesuddenly last his balance and fell as hestarted to. wipe perspiratian fram his facewhile sitting astride a shaulder ridge afthe mauntain. He plunged dawn thenarthern face af the peak into. theGyachungkang glacier as the rapearound his waist came laase. His badycauld nat be faund.

SHILLONG-Full autamatian will beintraduced in the prapased refinery' atHaldia. It will need a staff af anly 161 to.wark it to. an annual refining (capacity afthree millian tans. All existing refineriesemplay mare than 500 peaple and India'saldest reiinery-:'at Digbai-emplays near.ly 2,000.

NEW DELHI-The peaple in the Unianterritary af Laccadive, Minicay andAmindive islands do. nat pay taxes nar isthere any law and arder prablem there, itwas stated in the Rajya Sabha by Mrs.Maragatham Chandrasekhar, De put yMinister af Hame Affairs.

BHOPAL-Mare transit camps are to.be apened shartly to. cape with the can.tinuaus inflaw af refugees fram EastPakistan.

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THIS SPECIAL ISSUE is one of a series of picture 1ayoU[-by the 7th Photo Tech. Sq. to be pre-sented in Ex-CBI Roundup over a period of several month. The Ground Glass was a voluntaryeffort to give members of the squadron memento of their lOur of duty in the China-Burma-India Theater. These layouts used through courtesy of Gordon mock and \Vm. S. Johnson.

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To The Editors _

STATUE of God of Peace in Shanghai, China. Photo by HenryA. Piorkowski.

T\XTO B-2S's of the 12th Bomb Group, stationed at Feni, India,are shown on a mission. Photo by Robert E. Spence.

Misamcui Atabrine• Twenty years ago thismonth we at Misamari, In.dia, were being hit withan average of 27 new casesof malaria each week outof a total assigned person.nel of 1,300. I often won.der if any of our readerscan answer the question Ihave had for years-why,after starting us on ata.brine suppressive treatmenton the way to India, didthey s top it w hen werea c he d Misamari? Wasthere an acute shortage, or,iust a medical corps goof?I imagine many of yourreaders were interested tosee the TV film shots ofTezpur Air Base, AssamValley, with its activity lastyear during and after theChinese attack. It seemedstrange to think of Ameri.can planes (C-130 insteadof C-46, 109 and C-87llanding there again afterall these years, but thistime with the twist of aidagainst the Chinese insteadof for them. Keep up thegood work~we hope therewill be enough of us CBlersaround for another 20-30years to provide a reader'saudience for your memorytreks.

RICHARD M. MORRISON,Mount Holly, N. J.

Jack Ryan• Please remove J a c kRyan's name from yourmailing list. He so enjoyedEx.CBI Roundup and wehad talked many times ofgoing to India. However, he.was killed in a plane crashin October 1962. I hopethere will be many whoavail themselves of the op.portunity to make a returntrip to India under morepleasant circumstances.

MRS. MARY M. RYANDaytona Beach, Fla.

of Chicago, and Kenneth, ofWhite Oak. Burial was atMt. Moriah Cemetery in Mt.Washington.

DICK POPPE,Loveland, Ohio

Paul R. Bicknell• Requiem High Mas swas intoned Wednesday,April 29, for Paul R. Bick.nell, 45, a decorated CBI-erwho fought with Merrill'sMarauders while serving inthe CBI theater duringWorld War II. Mr. Bicknell,of 4266 Redmont Avenue,Cincinnati, died Sunday,April 26, after a 10-day ill.ness. He was a mail carrierin the Pleasant Ridge.Nor.wood area since 1948. Be.fore becoming a Marauder,Mr. Bicknell's initial en.counter with the enemywas on Guadalcanal in op.position with the ImperialJapanese Marines in 1942.He later was among themany volunteered veteransto join the original Mar.auders for the trip intoBurma. During the Burmacampaign he was awardedthe Purple Heart and Sil-ver Star, the latter for pul.ling wounded buddies backto safety while under ene.my fire. Paul, at the timeof death, was the com.mander of the Queen CityBasha, and one of the moresol i d members of thebasha. His passing is a tre-mendous loss to all theQueen City members whohave known him personal.ly. He will be rememberedand missed by all his CElfriends. Paul leaves hiswife, MUdred Seifart Bick.nell, his mother, Mrs. MaryBicknell; three brothers,Lester, Deer Park; Robert,

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PANCHA;\IAHAL. at Fatehpur Sikri, part of the deserted city.Photo by Government of India Tourist Office.

ERNEST AUBERT,Dover, N. H.

Letters Appredated• An old China hand, Wil.liam A. Price, the coin col-lector and camera expert,formerly with the 14th AirForce, has been laid upwit h infectious hepatitisand would enjoy hearingfrom any of the gang whoknew him in the "FlyingTigers." His add res sis:William A. Price, 1574 Wag.staff Road, Paradise, Calif.95969. My service was with382nd Air Service Group.

JAMES C. WILDEMAN,Watchung, N. J.

Not Disappointed• Have been a subscriberto Ex-CBI Roundup sincethe first one or two issues,and have yet to be disap-pointed with one copy.Keep up the good work.

GEORGE H.MacMURRAY,Van Buren, Ohio

Lionel Chasse• Sorry to inform you andthe man y friends andreaders of Roundup of thedeath of Lionel Chasse ofSomersworth, N. H., whopassed away in April of aheart attack. He servedoverseas with the 129thChemical Processing Com-pany. He was very activein Legion affairs, also apast grand Chef de Guerreof the 40 & 8 of New Hamp-shire.

LONE JEEP is parked in front of 12th Bomb Group headquart-ers at Feni, India. Photo by Robert E. Spence.

Eugene G. Morris 24th Mapping Squadron• Recently learned of the • After all these years, Ideath in February of Lt. first learned last eveningCol. Eugene G. Morris Sr., of your existence in pub-1V!eadow Oak Farm, Keith. lisJ:ing . Ex:CBI Roundup.Ville, La. He was a World This wnter IS a farmer AirWar I veteran who re-en. Force photographer station-tered service in 1942, was ed in India with the 24thin India with the 28th ADG Combat Mapping Squadronand in China with the 14th based at Gushkara, India.Air Force. He was base Living deep in the heart ofcommander at Lui c how, South Texas, I have justEhrtong and Chanyi, and about lost all contacts withalso served as China air my former squadron exceptbase defense officer. for the few heard from at

RALPH KELLY Christmas time. Thanks forNew Orleans, La. keeping a I i v e the past

memories both pIe a san tAllied Land Forces and unpleasant.• Through a buddy of SAMMY GOLDmine I heard you are pub. Corpus Christi' Texlishing a CBI magazine. I ' .served as an infantry staffsergeant with Allied LandForces S.E. A s i a-India,Burma, China-under Gen.eral Maddox. Haven't heardfrom any of myoId gangand don't know where tocontact them.

MYRON W. SHAW,Astoria, Ill.

New Reader• Have jus t received acomplimentary copy of theRoundup. I cannot put intowords the extreme joy andpleasure I got out of read-ing it through from coverto cover. I never knew thatsuch a magazine existed.

ROBERT D. THOMAS,Philadelphia, Penn.

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Commander's

Messageby

Haldor ReinholtNational CommanderChina-Burma-Indla

Veterans Assn.

Say, chaps, I must tell you about thedinner I had with the last Viceroy ofIndia. Perhaps you know him ,bette.r asthe great-grandson of Queen Victoria.C.B 1. wallahs will recall that he was Suopreme Commander of the South East AsiaCommand. But to my other dinner com.panion the Earl Mountbatten of Burma,Admiral of the Fleet, was another patienta t 20th General Hospital.

"Looks well, doesn't he?" said Cordelia,casually raising the Cotes de Boeuf Ro-ties to her ruby red lips. (Cordelia, thegreat-granddaughter of Mrs. Shute andMemsahib of Pick's Pike, is a Past Com-mander of 'the Delaware Valley Basha),

"Yes, definitely," I replied urbanely.Actually Cordelia and I were quite hon-

ored. It was April 21st and we wereguests at the dinner honoring Dr. HaroldG. Scheie" Chief of Ophthalmology, Uni.versity of Pennsylvania School of Medi.cine, retiring as Brigadier General andC.O. of the 31st Hospital Center. AndEarl Mountbatten was here to pay hom.age to ,the man who had saved the sightof his left eye.

Earlier in the day Lord Louis was es.corted from the airport by Philadelphia'sMayor Tate to the Reception Room at theCity Hall where he accepted the freedomof the city. Present,to greet him were Del.aware Valley Basha members Bob Bovey,Jim Myers, Phil Heller, John Travia,Bertha Urenson, Bob Zacharias and SamKrulick.

"Say, Cordie, how about some moreCo c k t ail de Crevettes (PrefontainesBlanc)?" I inquired genteelly.

"Who are you kidding, Sahib? I knewyou when you called it Carew's Booze."

Oh well.

National Board MeetingThe spring meeting of the National

Board was held at the Philadelphia Sher.aton Hotel on May 23, Board memberswho were able to attend included DiggerRunk, Alfred Frankel, Joseph Pohorsky,Howard Clager, Edmund Lowery, LouisGwin, Father Glavin, and P a u lin eHughes.

Pa t National Commanders Hal Kretch.

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mar and Manly Keith ably assisted at theproceedings.

We were honored by many out.of-townguests, among whom were Sue Upfillfrom San Francisco, Billy Todd Lambertfrom Virginia, and Jane Holstein fromCamp Hill, Pa.

Of course the highlight of every SpringBoard me.eting is the discussion of thedetails of the coming reunion. Al Frank.el, the Reunion Chairman, gave an excel.lent report.

It should be noted that registrationfees are on a 'cost basis only, and, as amatter of fact, the children's and youthregistration fees are subsidized. If the Del.aware Valley Basha is lucky the subsi.dies will be met through advertising inthe program booklet. So whether or notyou are able to attend and you .wish tolend a hand, send your ad now to Len Or.lando, 6831 North 18th Street, Philadel.phia 26, Pa. Booster ads $1.00; patron ads$5.00; quarter-page ads $30; full. page ads$100.

We expect a larger attendance thanever before, particularly since manyCBlers intend to include the New YorkWorld's Fair in their itinerary. Conse.quently, Al Frankel and his eager beavershave been working overtime to preparefor a capacity crowd. You won't want tomiss the 1964 reunion.

After the Board meeting some 60 of uswent to Pagano's Restaurant, where ev.eryone helped Alma Reinholt celebrate22 years of married bliss.to .... me!New York World's Fair

Direct Greyhound Service from thePhiladelphia Sheraton to the Fair is $6.00.(Time each way is two hours). Bus farecan be reduced to $5.00 if we can fill a38 passenger bus. (Air-conditioned withlavatory). Considering cost and scarcityof hotel rooms in New York, I recommendcommuting from Philadelphia. Arrange.ments can be made when you arrive; noneed to make reservations in advance.Come One, Come All

Jerry Baumgardner, newest member ofSan Francisco's General Sliney Basha,sends word that his outfit, the 22nd Air.ways Detachment, has voted unanimouslyto hold their reunion jointly with theC.B.I.V.A.

This space is contributed to the CBIV A byEx-CBI Roundup as a serl'ice to the manyreaders who are members of the AsSll., of whichRoundup is the official publication. It is im.portant to remember that CBIV A and Roundupare entirely separate organizations. Your mb-scription to Roundup does not entitle you -tomembership in CBIV A, 1I0r does your member-ship ;', CBIV A elltitle JOU to a subscription toRoundup. You need 1I0t be a member of CBIVAin order to subscribe to Roundup and llise versa.-Ed.

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CBS Executive Now• Noticed in the News CallBulletin that Fred W.Friendly, 48, president ofCBS news, is the first TVjournalist to win ColumbiaUniversity's School of Jour.nalism Award for contribu-tions to public information.Fred has really done O.K.since his days in the CEland armed forces radio.

RAY KIRKPATRICK,San Francisco, Calif.

CH!NESE patient bein" evacuated by boat after being wound.ed In Burma. Photo by Charle E. ~Iason, M.D.

"Pipe. liners" to Meet.• An added attraction tothe New York World's Fairwill be the biennial reun.ion of the 780th EngineerPetroleum Dis t rib u t ionAssn. September 5-7 inNew ark, N.J. President"Tony" Seybuck, Colonia,N.J., says his planningcommittee has reserved 65rooms at the Robert TreatHotel in Newark and reser-vations are coming in sorapidly that they may haveto take more space. Festiv-iti.es will ..get under waywIth a "JIng bow juice"cocktail party at the hotelon Friday evening of thelong Labor Day week-end.

HEADHUNTER of Assam with a couple trophies. Photo byHenry A. Piorkowski.

Bill Link• Bill Link of Bentonia,Miss., who flew the Humpwith the Marauders, diedvery suddenly of a heartattack March 28 while inBaton Rouge. He was alonein his car and apparentlydriving slowly as the carcame to a stop by a tele-phone pole with very littledamage.

J. J. KAZAR, M.D.,Tch ula, Miss.

Stop and Say Hello• Am former .T/Sgt. Popeof the 1st A.C.G., 166 Lia.ison Squadron; now servicemanager with the local 1.H.C. dealer in Dunn. Any-one who remembers Popeand should pass through,stop and say hello.

H. M. POPE,Dunn, N.C.

Names From CBI.• Ex.CBIers are stoppingIn at our new establish-ment, the Te-Khi TruckStop, to see why we choseits name. It sounds goodand associates well withour other truck stop, Te-Kow, at Tekonsha. Haveread Roundup since yourfirst year of publication. Itwould be nice to see moreabout the 13th Mt. Med.Battalion in it.

H. E. VOSHEN,Battle Creek, Mich.

~ -T.o The Editors

Newark was selected a~the next reunion city at780's last reunion and nos~ed out John Biodi's Buffalo,N.Y., by only a few votes.Paul Miller of OklahomaCity has already started acampaign to host the 1966reunion. Many former 780men live along the Easternseaboard and everyone pre-dicts the Newark gatheringwill be the best yet. LarryWesterfield of Topeka, Kan.organized the first reunionin St. Louis in 1958 andsince then these pipe-linershave been together in Phil-adelphia (1960) and in Te.r.re Haute (1962). Regionalget-togethers are also heldfrequently throughout theyear in various sections ofthe country. An up-to-dateroster of 780 men is avail.able from Reunion Head-quarters, 22 Vanderb u r g hAve., Larchmont, N.Y.

HARRY A. DOLLAHITE,Larchmont, N.Y.

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Welcomes

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Selective Dining and Entertainment

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