Richard "Dick" Harris in service in Lewiston, Idaho, in 1942. Hand colored image. From February to October 1945, Richard Daniel Harris flew C-46 military transport aircraft between India and China through the Himalayas in support of the war effort against Japan, carrying every kind of material or personnel over "the Hump." Only a young man only in his early twenties...

ATC flyers bridge collapse and Elephant tow on R&R to the "Assam jungle, Burma," during February 1945. People in images: Richard "Dick" Harris F/O Bill Carpenter F/O Harry Berd Local elephant handler

ATC flyers on R&R to the "Assam jungle, Burma," during February 1945. Middle image, left to right: Richard "Dick" Harris F/O Bill Carpenter F/O Harry Berd

Pilot Richard D. Harris seeing the sights in Prineville, Oregon, during WWII.

ATC flyers pose with fakir at Dibrugarh, India, during WWII, in August 1945. Left to right: Lt. Jerry Pyle, Capt Jim Cunningham CO Lt. Bob Boswell F/O Dick Harris

ATC flyers Lt. Bob Boswell and Richard Harris pose in fake prop airplane wall in India, during WWII, in August 1945.

A B-25 Mitchell named 'Miss Patches' in the CBI.

Aircraft flown by Richard D. Harris during WWII--C-46 Commando.