Kosta (Jack) Xita, lost in the CBI during WWII in 1944. Engineer. Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) #5346

T/Sgt William Gilbert Pierce was radio operator on B-24J #42-73315 assigned to the 10th Air Force, 7th Bombardment Group, 9th Bombardment Squadron. He and the remainder of the crew tragically lost on take off on August 14, 1944 from a Kurmitola, India, on the way to Liuzhou, China. See more on that event here. T/Sgt Pierce was from Coffey County...

Three Chinese women wait for American servicemen to come pay for a dance at a dance hall in the CBI.

Telegram about Ewald Anton Mast.

Telegram about Ewald Anton Mast.

Musicians and singers preparing.... for what? In the CBI. From the U.S. Government sources.

Final page of report on group mission no. 131, SEA SEARCH OVER SOUTH CHINA SEA, 5 June 1944.

USAT Honda Knot sailing under the Golden Gate Bridge into San Francisco Bay, 10 October 1947. Honda Knot, with 3,012 World War II deceased service members for reburial in US cemeteries, including many from the CBI. Much appreciation to NavSource.org for image and information.