Zhijiang 芷江县

Japanese plane arrival at Zhijiang for peace/surrender negotiations. In the CBI.

Senior Japanese officers heading for surrender conference site by jeep, during WWII.

The Mitsubishi transport aircraft that brought Japanese officers for surrender ceremonies at Zhijiang (Chihkiang), August 21, 1945. Photo from M. J. Hollman.

Here is an initial file regarding 1st Lt. Nick Gazibara, pilot with the 74th Fighter Squadron, 23rd Fighter Group, in China, killed in 1945 in China. Below is a short narrative kindly provided to our project by his younger brother Don in 2008: Nick Gazibara DOB 12/18/1922, Export, PA Father Robert (Bozo) immigrated from Yugoslavia in 1914 Mother oldest of...

Keepsake (above)--a piece of the parachute used to bailout, signed by all the people who bailed out that day. Text below courtesy of Elmer Bukey. This is a story about my bail-out from an 11th Bomb plane named "Chicken Charlie". On the 30th of March 1944 I was told to preflight the B-25 in preparation for a test flight prior...