Calcutta

The wartime notebook of S/Sgt. Tom L. Grady. In his notebook, as a talented and curious young artist while in the CBI, he recorded scenes and vignettes that he saw in his life. He also recorded names and contact info for the people he met. "Lt. Paul Hite, copilot, killed on March 26, 1943. India from Grand Hotel balcony, Calcutta."

Street scene in Calcutta during WWII.

Seymour Mazer in June, 1942. 1st Lt. Seymour Mazer was born on January 7, 1922 to Joseph and Mollie Mazer as their first child in the Bronx, NY. Later his family added a younger brother Jerome. Seymour graduated from Dewitt Clinton High School and married Claire Kellerman in 1942. They had two children, Robert (USMC), and Mark. Their father Joseph...

Howrah Bridge, in Calcutta, in the distance during WWII, as seen from a moving train.