' James C. Vurgaropulos who died during a mission in 1944 in China, in front of an barracks building at a US base stateside before being sent to the CBI. See more about James C. Vurgaropulos here. --------------Do have more information regarding this item? Please contact pat@rshonor.org, or us the \'Provide Info\' function below to help us preserve this CBI...

' An image from the Walter S. Polchlopek collection--Citation of Honor for Walter S. Polchlopek, who was lost on May 20, 1944, over the sea near the south east coast of China, after a B-24 mission to strike Japanese shipping. See more about Walter S. Polchlopek here, and about the loss of the whole crew here. --------------Do have more information...

' Walter S. Polchlopek, Corporal, was lost on May 20, 1944, over the sea near the south east coast of China, after a B-24 mission to strike Japanese shipping. Above is a newspaper report in the Lowell Sun, from March 5, 1946, regarding this loss. See more about Walter S. Polchlopek here, and about the loss of the whole crew...

' Top image (above) is closeup of the original WWII compacted rock and gravel runway at the American Yangkai airbase, at the very south end of the runway, during our visit in February on 2016. Bottom image is an overgrown but original WWII taxi way to a still extant revetment, large enough for a heavy bomber. See other images from...

' The familiar mountains to the west of the base that are the backdrop for so many wartime American pictures taken on the Yangkai base. For example, in the top image, the dark gully going down the face of the mountain can be clearly seen in this image (between the two men), and in this image (above the B-25 cockpit...

' Top image (above) is looking south from the northern end of the original WWII compacted rock and gravel runway at the American Yangkai airbase, during our visit in February on 2016. The whole extent of runway is intact today, and officially still the property of the People\'s Liberation Army, although it is in a practical sense not in use...

' A letter to the family of James Vurgaropulos regarding his selection for training as a pilot. See more about James C. Vurgaropulos here. --------------Do have more information regarding this item? Please contact pat@rshonor.org, or us the \'Provide Info\' function below to help us preserve this CBI history! '

' A letter to James Vurgaropulos regarding his call to report to Maxwell Field as an aviation cadet for examination for induction. See more about James C. Vurgaropulos here. --------------Do have more information regarding this item? Please contact pat@rshonor.org, or us the \'Provide Info\' function below to help us preserve this CBI history! '