The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-16

NIlittcSc ItOOEJS caIl piay lEl unwritten chapters of the V and the U. s. Air Transport Com. mand played in blocking the in' vasion Of India.
 At the time the Japs were driV- ing into northern Inola last spring several thousand Chinese troops were flown into India suc- ceeded in stopping the onrushing Japs.
 Day after day the British army had been pushed back, until the Japs menaced the Imphal rail line and seemed on the verge of spread ing out into northern India .Bri- tisn-Indian troops had been pow. erlcss to stop the Jap advance. One year beiore. at Qucbe,, the advance through Burma had been announced and Lord Louis Mont- batten had been placed in charge. Instead Oi an advance through Burma. however, the Japs re- yersed the process.
 In this emergency. the U. s. Air Transport Command loaded sev- eral thousand Chinese soldiers into transport planes, tle " them over ''The Hump" lihe Esimaiayas, highest mountain range in the w0Tid), and dumped them down in northern India.
 PACKING EM IN
 The Chinese were packed into the planes in such numbers that they practically lay on top Of each other. fhey were literally like sardines. Plying ever 2.0O9 feet over the Himalayas they were without oxygen tanks, and numbers Of them passed out. Un- loaded in India, many were dragged from the plane uncon- scions. laid out on the ground and had to be revived.
 However. given food and weeks rest, they buckeG up and made admirable soldiers. They proved tough jungle fighters. which the British and Indian troops are not. Thus the Japs were stopped and the Assam Val ley was saved.
 Two facts stand out as a re- suit of this hither untold chap ter in the war;
 One was the amazing perform- ance Of the Air Transport Com mand, which flew in all kinds of weather over the most difficult terrain in the world. They took General Chenpault's gasoline and flew 1t in reverse, not to aid China, but to aid India,
 The other was the example of what the Chinese troops could do iD a pinch and what they might be able to do against Japan in North China fl properly equipped and led.
 Early ln the war, before the Japs took Burma and Singapore, Generaliaslno chiang Kaivshek formally offered cEMese troops 10 Prime Minister Churchill to Tight ID India or any other place n the Orient. The offer was re- fused, The Chinese believed at the tune that Churchill did not want Chinese troops in Burma, Q country once part of China, which the Chinese sometimes talk about getting back
 CHINESE ON THE JOB
 Since then the Chinese have done a great Job in building the alFp0rts from which U, s. B-29s takeolf for the bombing Of Japan, And with proper leadership and equipment many believe they could do an Al job Ip taking other ohjeeuYes,
 The final decision probably de- pends Ul on political factors, lsl on transportation Regard, the latter, the Air Transport Command continues 10 perform miracles iD carrying every drop Of gasoline, Rll airplane parts, personnel, food, and every cons eelvable type Of equipment to U. s, aH bases in China,
 A6 the enemy n0w full sell
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 lle nay net " these transport planes new fly during the mon. seen season, wbleh she British
 previously said was Impossible,
 P'oFthFight Congressman Usher RnFdlek Of North Dakota Intends to pay tribute shortly to the great Job done by the Chinese and by the Air Transport Command iD thls war theateF
 W00VRR'6 CHILDREN
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