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' 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! '
' A letter to the family of James Vurgaropulos regarding disposition of his property after his death. This whole complicated process must have been of considerable sadness and pain for his loving family, who had lost so much. See more about James C. Vurgaropulos here. --------------Do have more information regarding this item? Please contact pat@rshonor.org, or us the \'Provide Info\'...
' A letter to the family of brothers John and James Vurgaropulos, who both died during the war, John in Europe, and James in China, regarding the family\'s desire to have the two brothers interred together. This whole complicated process must have been of considerable sadness and pain for his loving family, who had lost so much with the passing...
' A cadet diploma for Lt. James C. Vurgaropulos, who later died during a mission in 1944 in China. 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 from Walter G. Daniels.From the collection of Walter G. Daniels.--------------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! '