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May 17, 1944 The Battle for Myitkyna
In March 1944, Stillwell and Merrill’s Marauders decided that in order to get supply’s into China that what they needed to do was to get…
Bombing Results Unobserved – 17, May 1944 – The lost files of the Burma Banshees
Four Warhawks strung out and put their noses down through the clouds. The Kamaing bridge was going down. Lt. Adair was leader and he is a…
Lulu Belle Debuts at Chino Air Show May 5th and 6th 2018
Come to Chino and see Lulu Belle. Steve and Diane Maier will debut Lulu Belle at the Chino Air Show May 5th and 6th. Fresh off her…
XVI NAGAGHULI AND MOKELBARI May 1944
XVI NAGAGHULI AND MOKELBARI May 1944 One. Organizational changes: In the early part of the month the detachment of the Squadron which had…
XV NAGAGHULI AND SADIYA – APRIL 1944:
XV NAGAGHULI AND SADIYA – APRIL 1944: 1. Organizational Changes:- In the early part of the month Colonel. Ivan W. McElroy, who had taken…
XIV. NAGAGHULI AND SADIYA – MARCH, 1944
XIV. NAGAGHULI AND SADIYA – MARCH, 1944 1. Organizational Changes: Officer strength during the month fell from 52 to 50. Lt. Taylor…
XIII. NAGAGHULI & SADIYA – February, 1944
XIII. NAGAGHULI & SADIYA – February, 1944 1. Organizational changes. During the month our officer strength remained constant at 52 with…
Nellis, flew his flaming P-47 out to sea and died – Unrecognized Hero – January 16, 1943 – The Burma
We were getting ready to go overseas and they had already put three or four airplanes on the boat to go to England. Something happened…
XII. NAGAGHULI & SADIYA – January, 1944
The New Year brought the squadron the news for which it had long hoped. On January 9,1944, Lt. Clower, who had been reported as missing…
Break Left, Zero!! – 28, December 1943 – The lost files of the Burma Banshees
The switchboard started buzzing again. Another status report I supposed. We had just gotten the switchboard and I wasn’t used to…
This is a war of extermination.
Adolf Hitler
Col. Sydney D. Grubbs (Rosie) entered the service during World War II. By 1941, he was one of the youngest generals in any of the U.S. branches of service. He served as the secretary/organizer of 32 months in the China-Burma-India theaters of operations with the 10th and 14th Air Forces. He was a decorated command fighter pilot, having flown 85 missions in WWII.
In honor of all the WW II war heroes
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