Strotman

The boys hanging out in the CBI, most likely Yangkai.

Jay Rosencrantz digging a trench in the CBI, likely in SW China.

Nash (far left) and Nick Arico (third from left) and others, and the snake, at Luichow, Oct 1944.

An American B-25 Mitchell parked in the CBI.

A Wealth of Life Experience Francis E. Strotman, oldest son of five siblings, grew up on farms in east central Nebraska. His limited formal education ended in the eighth grade when his father became ill and Francis had to shoulder the family’s farming responsibilities. However, he gained a wealth of life experience, the kind of practical knowledge a man used...

Early in the morning on a spring day in 1945, 491st Bombardment Squadron personnel (mechanics- Schumaier, Scott; armorer- ?) prepare a B-25D, #42, for a mission. The top of the fuel truck is in the foreground of the revetment at Yangkai AB. When the aircraft were dispatched to 'forward operation' bases they were often fueled with hand pumps from 50-gallon...