| Description | His experiences with Recovery Team No. 4 in the recovery of the remains of American military personnel in China, 1945-46. Texas A&M College, 1943-45;
being drafted into the Army and basic training at Camp Wolters, Mineral Wells, Texas, 1945; Officer Candidate School, Fort Benning, Georgia, 1945; preparations for the invasion of Japan; reaction to the dropping of the atomic bombs; volunteering for overseas duty; assignment to Shanghai with the Graves Registration Service, January, 1946; activities as a search-and-recovery officer around Shanghai; duties and personnel of search-and-recovery teams; relationships with Chinese personnel and civilians; comments about the politics and economy of postwar China; reassignment to Graves Registration sub-headquarters as officer in charge of Team No. 4 in Kunming, July, 1946; the journey from Shanghai to Kunming; search-and-recovery activities around Kunming; his description of driving on the Burma Road; separation from the service, January, 1947. |
