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Front: 1941 [insignia] 1945 / CBI / THE MEMBERS OF THE METROLINA BASHA CHINA-BURMA-INDIA VETERANS ASSOC. / REMEMBER WITH HONOR THE
VALOR AND SACRIFICE OF THEIR COMRADES WHO / SERVED IN
THE CBI THEATRE IN WORLD WAR II. THEY REMEMBER
THE PILOTS / AND CREWS WHO FLEW THE HIMALAYA MOUNTAINS,
"THE HUMP" FROM THE ASSAM / AIRBASES IN
EAST INDIA WITH VITALLY NEEDED SUPPLIES FOR THE CHINESE /
NATIONALIST FORCES AND THE AMERICAN AIR
FORCES IN CHINA. THEY REMEMBER / THE GALLANT MEN OF
MERRILL'S MARAUDERS WHO PENETRATED JAPANESE - HELD /
BURMA AND FOUGHT FEROCIOUSLY IN A SAVAGE JUNGLE TO
DEFEAT THE ENEMY / AND SECURE VITAL LAND AND AIRBASES
TO CARRY THE WAR CLOSER TO JAPANESE / TERRITORY. THEY
REMEMBER THE PILOTS AND CREWS OF THE BOMBER
SQUADRONS / WHO DELIVERED THEIR DEADLY CARGO TO THE
ENEMY AND THE GROUND CREWS WHO / KEPT THE PLANES
FLYING. THEY REMEMBER THE FLYING TIGERS WHO HELD
THE / ENEMY AT BAY FOR SEVERAL MONTHS BEFORE THE
UNITED STATES ENTERED THE FIGHT AND THEIR DESCENDANT
FIGHTER SQUADRONS THROUGHOUT THE CBI WHO /
RENDERED IMPORTANT SERVICE IN STRAFING AND BOMBING
MISSIONS AND KNOCKING / THE ENEMY FROM THE SKIES.
THEY REMEMBER THE LIFE-SAVING DOCTORS AND THE /
BRAVE WOMEN OF THE NURSING CORPS WHO BROUGHT
TENDERNESS AND LOVING / CARE TO SICK AND WOUNDED SOLDIERS.
THEY REMEMBER THE MEN WHO WORKED ON / AND
DROVE SUPPLIES OVER THE LEDO-BURMA ROAD TO CHINA.
THEY REMEMBER THE / MEN OF THE OSS IN BURMA, THE
AIR COMMANDO UNITS THE COMBAT CARGO AND
TROOP CARRIER SQUADRONS / THE SEARCH AND RESCUE
UNITS, THE COMBAT ENGINEERS / THE SIGNAL CORPS AND THE COMMUNICATIONS UNITS AND THEY REMEMBER
ALL / THEIR OTHER COMRADES WHO WORKED ON THE FLIGHT
LINES THE DOCKS THE / PIPELINES IN OPERATIONS OFFICES
AND THE FILTHY JUNGLE MANY HAD TO / LIVE AND FIGHT
IN AS COMPATRIOTS IN THE CAUSE OF LIBERTY FOR ALL MANKIND /
ERECTED BY THE METROLINA BASHA C.B.I. VETERANS ASSOCIATION JAN 2000
Rear: "WHEN YOU GO HOME / TELL THEM OF US AND SAY / FOR THEIR TOMORROW / WE GAVE OUR TODAY." / QUOTE FROM A MEMORIAL IN THE BRITISH / MILITARY CEMETERY, KOHIMA BATTLEFIELD / NAGALAND PROVINCE, INDIA
11 July 2014 | Commemorative Landscapes of North Carolina