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African-American servicemen--Sgt. Smith, Allen, Jones, Pon, Spencer, Turner, Wilson--of the advanced medical detachment of the 21st Quartermaster Regiment. In the Burma during WWII.

M/Sgt. Ed Smith leans on the prop of a L-5-B at home base at Kalikunda, India, shortly after arrival in December, 1944. In the CBI during WWII.

A GI drinks beer before supper at home base in the CBI. M/Sgt. Ed. D. Smith, 156th Liaison Squadron, 2nd Air Commando Group.

GIs visiting US military graves at Kunming. In the background are markers for the deceased, including for one of 2nd Lt. George R. Barnes, #0-79770, 74th Fighter Squadron, deceased July 24, 1943 at Lingling, Hunan province. Photo from Warren C. Smith. George R. Barnes, entered the Service From: Pennsylvania, Cumberland County. "KIA"

"Part of my Flight, while on detached service to Camp Ellis, Ill. The silver L-5 is my ship before going to the CBI for duty as Flt. Leader of 'D' flight." Photo from Dale Smith

At the actual crash site at the bank of the Yangtze (Changjiang) river, in Anhui province on November 10, 2007, near Liuhe village, Wangjiang county. Mr. Feng (79 years old), who arrived at the crash scene in the afternoon on the day of the crash in 1943, recounts to Patrick Lucas, of Remembering Shared Honor, what he saw there. Mr...

After a day of search and verification, the crash site was finally confirmed at coordinates 30 20.654 N 116 53.688 E, which is about 14 miles from Anqing city (listed as "Anking" in war-era documentation). Note that this location much more closely matches the estimated distance from Anqing, at 12 miles, given in the accounts by the crew of the...

On December 30, 1943 two American B-25s bombers took off from the Suichuan airbase (Jiangxi province) and proceeded north to search the Yangtze (Changjiang) river for Japanese targets of opportunity. Finding a Japanese gunboad on the river near Anqing city (Anking) in Anhui province, the first B-25 made an attack run on the ship, then the second plane followed, but...

Harland B. Keating in flying gear in posed image from August 6, 1942. (Image courtesy of Temple University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center.) Harland B. Keating, 11th Bomb Squadron, who was killed on December 30, 1943 while on a bombing run on the Yangtze river. We plan to never forget. To read about our search and visit to Harland Keating...

A picture of Lynnwood Smith on a shelf in the home of one of his kin, in 2007. (Photo by Patrick Lucas.) Lynnwood W. Smith, 11th Bomb Squadron , who was killed on December 30, 1943 while on a B-25 bombing run on the Yangtze river. During the summer of 2007 his nephew and family was gracious to share their...