Index

Advance Section No. 1: 21
Advance Section No. 2 (Ledo): 292
Advance Section No. 3 (Ledo): 35, 96
Advance Section, Services of Supply: 297, 300, 316-17, 369
Aerial bombardment, Allied: 212
Aerial Observation, Allied: 198, 212
Air-artillery-infantry team: 288
Air assault. See Airborne operations.
Air bases. See Airfields; Karachi Air Base.
Air Control Section: 96
Air cover: 366-67, 393
Air defense, Japanese: 388
Air evacuation
North Burma Campaign: 92-93
Suichuan: 179
Air Force, Fourteenth. See Fourteenth Air Force.
Air Force, Tenth. See Tenth Air Force.
Air Forces: 80, 293. See also Airfields; Army Air Forces; Fourteenth Air Force; Tenth Air Force.
Air force, Japanese. See Japanese air force; Japanese units, 5th Air Army
Air-Ground Aid Section: 158
Air-ground co-operation: 195, 335. See also Tactical air forces.
Air Ground Force Resources Technical Staff, 5329th: 158
Air-ground liaison: 92, 235, 275, 281, 284
Air observation: 138
Air Service Command: 21, 27, 40, 97
Air superiority, Allied: 80, 217
Air supply: 188, 216, 220, 223, 324, 361, 380
Burma Road: 185
Chihchiang: 287
effect on morale: 286
Fourteenth Air Force: 171-72
French Indochina: 260
MARS Task Force: 201
North Burma Campaign: 96-97
Rangoon assault: 323, 325
ROOSTER: 279
SEAC: 146
Air Supply Service: 96-97
Air support: 118-20, 131-33, 218, 352, 355. See also Air-ground liaison teams; Fourteenth Air Force; Tenth Air Force.
36th Division, North Burma Campaign: 102
BETA: 335, 345-46
Burma: 210
Burma Road: 195
CARBONADO: 355
Chihchiang: 282, 284
Fort Bayard: 366
French Indochina: 260
NCAC: 91
Air support, strategic. See Strategic bombing.
Air support, tactical: 92. See also Air-ground liaison.
Air transport: 221, 318-21, 340. See also Air supply.
BETA: 335
CARBONADO: 356
CTC: 374
New 1st Army: 393
ROOSTER: 279
transfer of forces from SEAC to China: 321-22
Air Transport Command (ATC): 12, 18, 34, 35, 54
China Wing: 21, 23, 319
fuel shortage: 311
Hump operations: 38
India-China Division: 39
Karachi Air Base: 293
priority given to Chennault: 4
strength: 19
tonnage: 365
tonnage for BETA: 344
Airborne operations: 74, 80, 81-82, 304, 323
Aircraft, Allied: See B-29's; C-46's; C-47's; C-54's; L-5's; P-40's; P-47's; P-51's.
Aircraft strength, Allied: 19, 172-73
Aircraft strength, Japanese: 173
Airdrop, North Burma Campaign: 96. See also Air supply.
Airfields: 50, 131, 170, 219-20, 220, 289, 356. See also Karachi Air Base.
Burma: 363
Central China: 232
Chinese: 35, 274
India: 363
Japanese: 47
Kunming: 150
Akui, T. Sgt. David: 211

Allied co-operation: 261. See also Anglo-American co-operation; Sino-American co-operation.
Allied Land Forces, Southeast Asia (ALFSEA): 33, 87-89
Allied organizations in China Theater: 18, 158-60
ALPHA: 56-64, 58n, 150-55, 158, 236, 259
ALPHA divisions: 262-64
in CARBONADO: 392-93
support: 330
American Military Mission to Russia: 4, 5
American Observer Group: 28, 74, 251-53, 381, 384. See also Chinese Communists.
American Volunteer Group: 127
Ammunition
day of supply: 283n
shortage, Chinese: 387
transport for CARBONADO: 356
Amphibious craft: 367
Amphibious operations: 84-85, 219, 150. See also CARBONADO; Rangoon assault.
Fort Bayard: 366-67
Rangoon: 85, 323
Anglo-American co-operation: 18, 324-25
Antiaircraft, Japanese: 388
Armor, British: 218. See also Tank brigades.
Armor, Japanese: 275
Arms, Brig. Gen. Thomas S.: 90-91, 95
Arms production, Chinese: 275
Army Air Forces. See also Bombers, Allied; Fighters, Allied; Fourteenth Air Force; Tenth Air Force.
organization for BETA: 345-46
strength: 19
Army air forces in China: 319
Army Nurse Corps: 298
Army Service Forces: 348, 366
Hump versus Ledo Road: 313
International Division: 308
support of Ledo Road: 317
Arnold, General of the Army Henry H.: 24, 85, 343
replacement of Chennault: 357-58
strategic bombing: 161
Artillery, Allied. See also Field Artillery battalions; Howitzers, Allied.
Burma Road: 194-96
North Burma Campaign: 92
Artillery, Japanese: 239-40
Artillery fire, Allied: 194, 198, 329
Artillery fire, Japanese: 198, 204, 215, 216
Artillery observation craft: 138
Artillery support, Allied: 119-20, 131, 386
ALPHA components: 238-40
Burma Road: 198
Artillery support, Japanese: 199
Asiatic Section, Operations Division, War Department General Staff: 90, 324
Atebrin. See Medical problems, malaria.
Atomic bomb: 391
Aurand, Maj. Gen. Henry S.: 364, 378
Automotive maintenance companies: 295
Automotive School for Drivers and Mechanics: 234
Aviation engineer battalions: 335

B-29's: 23, 320, 388
against Hankow: 174
India-based: 34
Tokyo raid: 170
transfer from China to India: 161-62
BAN: 100
Barber, Brig. Gen. Henry A, Jr.: 281
Barrett, Col. David D.: 28, 74, 75, 251-53, 275, 289
Base Sections, SOS: 378
No. 1 (Karachi), SOS: 292
No. 2 (Calcutta), SOS: 292
Beacon, Pfc. Bertie W. Jr.: 209
Beebe, Brig. Gen. Eugene H.: 22
Bengal and Assam Railway: 37, 312
Bengalis: 300
BETA: 169, 246, 259, 319, 320, 330-36, 340n. See also CARBONADO; RASHNESS.
missions: 333
supply tonnage: 335, 340-42
training and equipping: 334
Bhamo
attack: 118-23
drive on: 114-18
fall: 123
geography: 118
Bihari: 300
Bird, Lt. Col. Willis H.: 251-53
Birk, Col. B. J.: 390
Bishop, Lt. Edward R.: 213
"Block system": 347, 348
Blockade of China: 100-101, 114-41
Blockade of Japan: 334
Boatner, Brig. Gen. Haydon L.: 314, 392
Bomb damage: 173-74
Bombardment Squadron 490th (M): 92
Bombardment Wing, 308th (H): 26
Bombay, port: 310
Bomber Command, XX: 18, 20, 23, 26, 161-62
Bombers, Allied: 80, 172-73. See also B-29's: Bridge bombardment; Fourteenth Air Force; Strategic bombing.
BETA: 334-15
Chihchiang: 284-85, 289
Bombers, Japanese: 173
Bombing, strategic. See Strategic bombing.

Bose, Subhas Chandra: 29
Bowman, Brig. Gen. Harwood C.: 27, 60, 142, 143n, 153-54, 360
reorganization for ALPHA: 264
Boye, Brig. Gen. Frederic W.: 142, 353
Bren guns: 281, 285
Bridge bombardment: 92, 174
"Bridge-Busters": 92
Brigades. See also British units, 29th Brigade, 72d Brigade, Indian Infantry Brigades; Japanese units, Brigades.
5307th: 91, 91n
5332d. See MARS Task Force.
Britain
policy on Chinese Army in India: 304
postwar interest in China: 159
Potsdam Conference: 389
prestige: 102
unification of China: 383
British Air Force. See Royal Air Force.
British Chiefs of Staff: 82, 86
control of SEAC: 88
Hump versus Ledo Road: 313
proposal to bypass Japanese in central Burma: 84-85
transfer of aircraft from SEAC to China: 146
transfer of forces to China: 322
transfer of resources from Burma to China: 224-26
British intelligence
in China: 158-59
survey of Stilwell Road: 364
British Navy. See Royal Navy.
British units
Eleventh Army Group: 87
Fourteenth Army: 79, 89, 214, 217, 321, 322
4 Corps: 31, 79, 81, 82, 217, 218, 220, 221
15 Corps: 31, 79, 219, 220
33 Corps: 31, 79, 217, 218, 220
2d Division: 220-22
11th East African Division: 79
36th Division: 96, 98, 102, 126, 183-89, 214-17, 102-06
81st West African Division: 79
29th Brigade: 105
72d Brigade: 102, 105, 215
British War Office: 305
BROADWAY: 108
Brooke, General Sir Alan: 84
Burma
end of blockade: 123-30
fall campaign, 1944: 77-113
geography: 77-78, 186-87, 189, 190-92
puppet government: 100
Burma Railways: 79, 80, 92, 98
Burma Road: 12, 115, 123, 125, 126, 129, 150, 195, 198
Chinese advance down: 130-36
Chinese laborers for: 140
convoys: 317-18
maintenance: 363
Burma Road Engineers: 27, 42
Burmese-Allied liaison: 214
Burmese-American relations: 299
Burmese Army, joins British: 327
Burmese irregulars, Rangoon assault: 326
Burmese people: 186
Bypasses, Allied: 127, 222, 325, 393
Bypasses, Japanese: 84-85, 206-07, 278, 281

C-4 troopships: 310
C-46's: 131, 320
C-47's: 148
C-54's: 319, 320-21, 336, 342
BETA: 336, 342, 344
transfer to India: 356-57, 362, 363
Cairo meeting 1943: 394
Calcutta, IBT port: 309, 310
Camp Robert W. Landis: 94, 109
Canadian stores in IBT: 308
Cannon, Japanese: 239
Cannon, Brig. Gen. Robert M: 138
Canton-Hong Kong operations. See BETA.
CAPITAL: 84-87, 101, 226
CAPITAL, PhaseII: 86, 183-84
Caraway, Brig. Gen. Paul W.: 333
CARBONADO: 353-60, 369, 392-96. See also BETA; RASHNESS.
Carroll, Capt. Terrance: 214
Carton de Wiart, Maj. Gen. Adrian: 18
Casualties, American: 188, 203, 208-09, 212-13
Casualties, British: 329
Casualties, Chinese: 203, 281, 289, 355
Casualties, Japanese: 203, 216, 220, 288, 329, 355, 386
Cavalry Regiment, 124th U.S.: 90-91, 94, 184-86, 188, 204
Central Aircraft Manufacturing Company: 127
Chamars: 300
Chang Fa-kwei, General: 54, 60, 72, 142, 264, 353, 355, 360, 361
Chen Cheng, General: 63, 151, 153, 168, 244, 333
Cheng Kai-ming, General: 259
Chennault, Maj. Gen. Claire L.: 21, 46, 60, 71, 72, 127, 152, 345. See also Fourteenth Air Force.
air-ground liaison team: 275
arms for Hsueh: 171, 178
association with Hsueh: 253
awards: 358-59

BETA logistics conference with Wedemeyer: 343-44
Chihchiang: 289
Fourteenth Air Force: 170-76
French Indochina: 260
health: 344
Hump versus Ledo Road: 313
Kunming to Fourteenth Air Force pipeline: 320
liaison with Chinese Communists: 253
opposed Stilwell's plans: 3, 4
relationship with Stilwell: 54, 344
relationship with Wedemeyer: 54-55
responsibilities under Wedemeyer: 156-57
retired: 357-59
supported east China commanders: 4
supported by Roosevelt: 357
Tenth Air Force move to China: 343
Cheves, Maj. Gen. Gilbert X.: 24, 35, 40, 152, 234, 278, 346-48, 378
"block system": 347
logistic support of ALPHA: 240
Rear Echelon, China Theater: 155-56
responsibilities under Wedemeyer: 156-57
Chiang Kai-shek, Generalissimo: 3, 33, 71-74, 131
agreed to ALFSEA: 88
approval of BETA: 335-36
approved China ration: 244
approved combined staff: 360
arms for Hsueh: 171
asked by Wedemeyer to co-ordinate efforts: 151-54
award to Chennault: 358
BETA: 333
Chihchiang campaign: 278
Chinese command system: 162-64
conversion of tank battalions to truck units: 314
demand for SEAC transport: 144
French Indochina: 260
leader of unified China: 337, 339
lend-lease control: 255-56
on Negro troops: 348
ordered Ho to sieze Heng-yang: 287
on plan ALPHA: 151-55
planning for Rangoon attack: 227-28
postwar problems: 394-95
reaction to ALPHA: 62
refusal to send arms to east China commanders: 8, 9
relationship with Stilwell: 22, 331
relationship with Wedemeyer: 16
reoccupation of China: 391
on retaining Chungking: 165-66
secret police: 158, 252, 338, 385
Soviet entrance into war: 332
on student volunteers in Chinese Army: 248-49
suggested combined staff: 152
on training young Chinese in United States: 248-49
transfer of forces from SEAC to China: 321
on transfer of resources from Burma to China: 225
unification of China: 337
on Yalta agreement: 340
Chien Ta-chun, General: 151, 153
Chih Hui Pu: 32, 80
Chihchiang campaign: 273-90, 386
Chihchiang drive, Japanese: 346
China
economy: 8, 10, 12, 254-55, 381
lend-lease: 43-45
limited resources for war: 10
political scene: 8
effect on Army: 371-73
transportation: 10, 11, 68
U.S. projects in: 24-28
war production: 254-59
China-Burma-India Theater split: 6
China Aid Section, SOS: 244
China Defense Supplies, Inc.: 308-09
China National Aviation Corporation: 12, 365
China seaport: 342, 368. See also Fort Bayard.
China Theater
command structure: 18-19
IBT and resources to China: 323
logistical support: 19
organization: 6
reorganization under Wedemeyer: 155-64
supply policies for: 306-09
Chindits: 80, 102
Chinese-American Composite Wings: 26, 172-73, 289. See also Fourteenth Air Force.
Chinese Army. See also Chinese Army in India; Chinese Army units; Chinese Combat Command; Chinese Training Command.
aggressiveness: 267, 289, 386
aggressiveness of commanders: 286
bravery of men: 286
combat effectiveness: 143
command doctrine: 154
command organization: 62-63
command problems: 71-72
command system: 162-63, 165-67, 231, 234, 262, 290
conscription: 66-67, 247, 368-73
conscripts, physical condition: 314
criticism of tactics: 286

desertion: 164, 314
engineers, IBT: 300
hospitals: 371
Hsuehís request for arms: 178
improvement by April 1945: 289-90
Japanese impressions: 288
malnutrition: 64-66. See also Medical problems, malnutrition.
medical problems: 269-72. See also Medical problems.
morale: 286, 333. See also Morale, Chinese.
order of battle, 1945: 382
organization in ALPHA: 60
pay: 167-68, 242
physical condition of troops: 242
plans to strengthen: 64-67
quality of officers: 233, 289
quality of troops: 386
ration system. See Rations.
reform by Stilwell: 4
reorganization into 36 divisions: 231-41, 262, 338
reorganization into 39 divisions: 368
replacement system: 66
staff system: 287, 374-75, 375n
supply problems: 67-70
tactics: 288
U.S. assistance: 262-67
Wedemeyerís opinion: 52-53
Chinese Army in India: 33, 123, 226. See also Chih Hui Pu.
Rear Echelon: 314
transfer to China: 321-22
Chinese Army Supreme Headquarters: 382
Chinese Army units
Chinese Expeditionary Force: 130, 133, 152
Group Armies
II: 353, 386
III: 353, 386, 387
XI: 88, 131
XXIV: 164, 169, 386
Armies
First, New: 33, 125, 126, 184, 202, 226-27, 228, 246, 353, 360, 392
2d: 131, 134
4th: 240
5th: 151, 266, 267-68
6th: 131
Sixth, New: 33, 108, 246, 266, 268, 279
8th: 238, 266, 268, 360
10th: 171
13th: 238, 245, 246, 353, 393
18th: 238, 269, 278-79, 282, 286, 289
20th: 353
26th: 353
29th: 353, 387
31st: 240
33d: 216
46th: 240, 353, 360, 361, 387, 392-93
53d: 131, 151, 268
54th: 266, 267-68, 360
57th: 151
62d: 353
64th: 154, 353, 360, 361
67th: 154
71st: 131, 171, 246, 353
73d: 269, 276, 282, 289
74th: 269, 276
94th: 154, 278, 279, 285-86, 289, 353
97th: 53-54
100th: 269, 276, 282, 286, 289
Combat sections
18th Army: 270
73d Army: 270
74th Army: 270, 281
Infantry divisions
1st, Honorable: 131, 266-67, 268
5th: 285-86
6th, Temporary: 289
8th: 267-68
9th: 134
11th: 286
13th: 289
14th: 33, 96, 147, 148, 266-67, 278, 279, 304
18th: 216
19th: 286, 287
19th, New: 393
22d: 33, 62, 95, 96, 101, 107-10, 125-26, 143-49, 215, 266-67, 278, 279, 304
26th: 387
30th: 33, 96, 120, 126-30, 183, 206, 228-30, 321, 365n
36th: 96, 267-68
38th: 12, 33, 62, 96, 101, 109, 116, 119, 122-23, 126-27, 136, 143-49, 184, 206, 228-30, 321, 393
43d: 285-86
45th: 267, 268
50th: 33, 75, 96, 101, 126, 147, 183, 217, 226-27, 228-30, 321
51st: 276, 280, 286
57th: 273, 276, 280, 281
58th: 280, 386
78th: 276
89th: 393
94th: 238
96th: 267, 268

103d: 266-67, 268
118th: 286-87
121st: 285-86
166th: 266, 268
175th: 361, 387, 393
188th: 393
198th: 267-68
200th: 131, 268
207th: 268
207th Youth: 267
Infantry regiments
1st Separate: 33, 90, 94, 186, 217
64th: 108
65th: 108
66th: 108, 110
88th: 33, 126-27, 207, 209
89th: 33, 126, 206
70th: 126-27
112th: 116-17, 119, 127-29, 136, 206
113th: 116-17, 118, 129, 136, 206
114th: 116-17, 119, 128, 183, 200, 206
125th: 94-95
148th: 96
149th: 96, 217
151st: 282
152d: 282
Motor Regiment, 6th: 316
First Provisional Tank Group: 227
Chinese Board of Military Operations: 153, 259
Chinese Central Command: 264, 353
Chinese codes: 113
Chinese Combat Command (CCC): 156-57, 233-36, 262, 275, 278, 281, 295, 353, 359. See also Chinese Central Command; Chinese Eastern Command; Chinese Reserve Command; Chinese Western Command.
Chihchiang campaign: 290
morale: 390
North: 383
SOS organization: 378-79
South: 383
tonnages for BETA: 340-41
training program: 266-67
training schools: 272-73
training teams: 273
Chinese Communists: 13, 61, 64, 249-54, 337, 373, 381-85. See also American Observer Group; Chennault, Maj. Gen. Claire L.; Hurley, Ambassador Patrick J.; Stilwell, General Joseph W.; Wedemeyer, Lt. Gen. Albert C.
negotiations with OSS: 251
organization in north China: 8
plans to use against Japanese: 72-75
Chinese depot system. See Chinese Services of Supply.
Chinese drivers. See also Indian civilian drivers.
for Ledo Road: 314
training: 314-16, 378, 380
Chinese Eastern Command: 264, 269-73, 276, 279, 287
Chinese government, postwar strength: 394
Chinese Government Interpreters' School: 377-78
Chinese Ground Forces: 241
Chinese Military Affairs Department: 178
Chinese Ministry of Communications: 347
Chinese Ministry of War; 71, 153
Chinese motor transport: 68
Chinese National Military Council: 151
Chinese Nationalists: 13, 61, 71, 72-75, 169, 251-54, 332, 337, 354, 382, 383. See also Chiang Kai-shek, Generalissimo.
postwar position, 394
reoccupation of China: 391-92
Chinese Ordnance Department: 71
Chinese Ordnance Training Center: 28, 233, 377-78
Chinese people, training problems: 376-77
Chinese reactions to ALPHA: 61-64
Chinese Reserve Command: 264-66
Chinese separatist movement in east China: 8, 9
Chinese Services of Supply: 234, 240, 244
reorganized: 241
training: 378-81
transport problems: 346-49
Transportation Section: 68
Chinese social policy: 248
Chinese Southern Command: 264
Chinese Supreme Commander: 60. See also Chiang Kai-shek, Generalissimo.
Chinese Training and Combat Command: 60, 157, 233
Chinese Training Center: 233-34, 236-38, 359
Automotive School for Drivers and Mechanics: 233
Field Artillery Training Center: 233
General Staff School: 233
Infantry Training Center: 233
Interpreters' Pool: 377-78
missions: 373
school system: 373-78
Signal School: 377
Chinese Training Command (CTC): 359, 374
Chinese war areas. See War areas.
Chinese War Transport Board: 70
Chinese Western Command: 264
Chinese Yunnan divisions: 123. See also Y-Force.

Chou En-lai: 252. See also Chinese Communists.
Chungking, plans for evacuation: 165
Churchill, Winston S.
on clandestine activities in French Indochina: 260
Hump versus Ledo Road: 313
interview with Hurley: 339
to Marshall on transfer of forces to China: 322
personal representative in Chungking: 18
Quebec Conference: 84
Stalin and sixty promised Russian divisions: 4, 5
on transfer of aircraft from SEAC to China: 146
Yalta meeting: 331-33
Civil war in China: 13, 394-96. See also Chinese Communists; Chinese Nationalists; Hurley, Ambassador Patrick J., unification of China.
Clandestine organizations, French Indochina: 260
Clandestine warfare, China: 258-59, 338
Cloverdale, Col. Garrison B.: 374
Combat cargo group, SEAC: 144-46
Combat Cargo Task Force: 34
Combat road: 98
Combined Chiefs of Staff: 81
control of SEAC: 88
plans to seize Rangoon: 85-86
Quebec Conference: 84
transfer of resources from Burma to China: 224-26
transport aircraft from SEAC to China: 146
Command and General Staff School: 28. See also Chinese Training Center.
Command relationships and structure, Allied: 16-19, 19-24, 31-33, 87-89, 155-58, 162-64, 231-38
Commando Battalion: 354
Commando units, BETA: 334
Commando units, Chinese: 234
Commandos. See Commando Battalion.
Communications, IBT: 307
Communications net: 266
Communications Zone, China Theater: 283
Communists: 391. See also Chinese Communists.
Composite Wings. See Chinese-American Composite Wings.
Conscription. See Chinese Army, conscription.
Construction Service, SOS: 293
Convoys, IBT to China: 314-18. See also Ledo Road Convoy; Lux Convoy.
Cooke, Rear Adm. Charles M.: 333
Co-ordination, Allied and Chinese: 151-55, 158-64. See also Sino-American co-operation.
Counterattacks, Allied: 289
Counterattacks, Japanese: 208, 228, 393. See also SHÕ operation.
Covell, Maj. Gen. William E. R.: 24, 33, 36, 40, 291-94, 309, 319
Cowen, Maj. E. T.: 29, 253n
Craig, Col. David A.: 342
Cranston, Brig. Gen. Joseph A,: 40
Creasy, Col. William M.: 57
Criminal Investigation Department: 364
Cummings, Col. Alexander H.: 42-43, 270, 281
Cureton, Pvt. Solomon O.: 209

DAN: 100. See also Blockade of China.
Davidson, Maj. Gen. Howard C.: 33, 40, 345
DDT: 94. See also Medical problems, malaria.
Dehydrated rations: 379-80
Delaying actions, Japanese: 227
Bhamo: 117-22
North Burma Campaign: 98-101
Demetriadi, Lt. Col. George: 96
Demobilization: 296, 392, 394
Demolition
Burma Road: 197-99
Liuchow: 387
OSS teams: 142
Desertion, Chinese. See Chinese Army, desertion.
Deployments. See also Troop dispositions, Allied; Troop Dispositions, Japanese.
Allied: 294-95, 310, 321. See also BETA; CARBONADO
Japanese: 350-52
Diet of Chinese soldiers: 241-44. See also Chinese Army; Medical problems, malnutrition; Rations
Direction Genrale des Etudes et des Réchèrches: 259
Disarmament, Japanese: 392, 394
Discipline, Chinese students in CTC: 373
Diversionary actions Allied: 221, 287, 334, 354, 355, 386. See also CARBONADO; RASHNESS.
Diversionary actions, Japanese
Bhamo: 120
Burma Road: 202
DIXIE mission: 251-52
Donnelly, Col. Harold C.: 57
Donovan, Lt. Col. James F.: 94, 198
Donovan, Maj. Gen. William J.: 74
Dorn, Brig. Gen. Frank: 28, 60, 63, 71, 131, 152, 154
responsibilities under Wedemeyer: 156-57
succeeded by McClure: 236
DRACULA: 84, 86, 226
Drivers: 347-48. See also Chinese drivers; Indian civilian drivers.

Dry-weather road, North Burma Campaign: 105
Dupuy, Lt. Col. Trevor N.: 138n

Eaker, Lt. Gen. Ira C.: 356
Easterbrook, Col. Ernest F.: 109, 184, 189, 190, 199-200, 202, 209
Eastern Air Command; 33, 80, 91, 148; See also Photographic Reconnaissance Force; RAF 293d Wing; Strategic Air Forces; Stratemeyer, Maj. Gen. George E.; Tactical Air Forces, Third; Tenth Air Force.
Eastern Area Command: 364
Eden, Anthony: 339
Eggers, Maj. Fred W.: 253n
Eisenhower, General Dwight D.: 86
Engineer Regiment, U.S. 330th: 316
Engineers: 300
Burma Road: 140
Negro: 297-98
Ennor, Lt. Col. H. V.: 143
Envelopments: 116, 130
Chihchiang: 285-86
Evacuation: 264
Allied wounded: 213-14, 281
Chinese system: 212
Evacuation, Japanese: 203
Evacuation hospitals: 94, 283
plan for China Theater: 156

Far East Air Force: 355
Ferris, Brig. Gen. Benjamin G.: 21
Festing, Maj. Gen. Francis W.: 102, 215
returned to Fourteenth Army: 217
transfer canceled by Stilwell: 104
Field Artillery battalions
612th: 109, 186, 138, 203, 210
613th: 204
Field Artillery Training Center: 28, 234, 374
Fighter groups, U.S.
5th: 284-85
81st: 283
311th: 289
Fighter Squadron, 60th U.S.: 326-27
Fighter Squadron, 426th U.S. Night: 289
Fighter Wing, 312th U.S.: 172, 173
Fighters, Allied: 80, 172-76. See also Fourteenth Air Force; P-40's; P-47's; P-51's.
BETA: 334
Chihchiang: 284
Fighters, Japanese: 173
First Burma Campaign, 1942: 33, 151
Flame throwers, Japanese: 216
Flood, Col. Roger A.: 269
Food. See Foraging; Logan Ration; Medical problems, malnutrition; Ration Purchasing Commissions.
Food Department, Chinese: 245, 378-79
Food Service Program: 243
Food shortages, Chinese: 360
Foraging: 186, 241, 245
Foreign Economic Administration: 10, 43, 257
Fort Bayard operations: 360-63. See also CARBONADO.
Fortification, Japanese at Bhamo: 118-19
Forward Echelon, China Theater: 155-56
Foster, Dr. Geoffrey: 102n, 103
Fourteenth Air Force: 20, 28, 67, 71, 131, 135, 142, 148, 155, 156, 170-76, 236, 330, 343, 345, 358, 359
Chihchiang: 284
command changes: 356
strength in November 1944: 25
French Indochina: 259-61
Fuel, IBT: 310-11
Fuel containers: 311
Fuel shortages: 175, 318. See also Pipelines.
Fukuyama, Lt. Col. Yoshio: 9

GALAHAD: 91, 91n, 94, 183
GALAHAD Force, dietary problems: 97
Garos: 300
Garrison, S. Sgt. Sylvester G.: 211
General Depot, Intermediate Section: 306
General Headquarters (India): 300, 305. See also India.
General Staff School: 234
Gerhardt, Col. Harrison A.: 337n
German offensive: 319
German surrender: 357
Giffard, General Sir George: 81, 85, 87
Glenn, Brig. Gen. Edgar E.: 290
Goodridge, Col. George L.: 279, 285
Graves, Capt. Edward: 336n
Grenades: 204, 208
Grew, Joseph C.: 337n, 340n
Gross, Brig. Gen. Mervin E.: 243n
Guerrilla forces, Allied: 158, 252, 327, 352
Guerrilla warfare: 74. See also Kachin Rangers; Navy Group, China; Office of Strategic Services (OSS); Tai Li, General.
Gurkhas: 300

Hanley, Maj. Gen. Thomas J. Jr.: 40
Hara, Col. Kozo: 119
Harbor defenses, Fort Bayard operations: 366
Harriman, W. Averell: 332n, 339n
Hassenzahl, Col. Kennedy: 377
Hattori, Col. Takushiro: 50
Hawes, 1st Lt. Aaron E., Jr.: 204
Hayes, Maj. Gen. E. C.: 259
Hearn, Maj. Gen. Thomas G.: 20, 23
Heavey, Col. Thomas J.: 184, 188-89
Heavy Mortar Training Center, CTC: 375-77

Henderson, Pfc. Clifton L.: 210
Heng-yang: 8, 27, 151
Hill 60: 102
Hill 77: 204
Hill 5338: 120
Hindus: 300
Hintze, 1st Lt. Stan C.: 280-81
Hirohito, Emperor: 388-89
Hitler, Adolf 86, 357
Ho Ying-chin, General: 16, 63, 133, 154, 231, 234, 278, 347, 361, 380, 382
command of ALPHA forces: 162-64
ordered to seize Heng-yang: 287
priorities in equipping ALPHA: 238
reorganization of Chinese forces for ALPHA: 236, 238-40
staff reorganization: 375
Ho Yung-chi, Dr.: 122, 203
Honda, Lt. Gen. Masaki: 325
Hong Kong operations. See BETA.
Hospitals: 283
Chinese: 371, 380
Field: 92
21st Field: 283
General, 20th: 92
portable surgical: 92
32d: 273
34th: 272
35th: 273
42d: 213-14
44th: 94, 186, 213-14, 272
49th: 213-14
60th: 273
Veterinary Evacuation, 18th: 94
Housing: 298
Howitzers, Allied: 240
lost at Kweilin: 240n
reconditioned, CTC: 374
training, CTC: 374
Howitzers, Japanese: 275
Hsiao I-hsu, General: 63, 236-38, 240, 278, 347
Hsueh Yueh, General: 9, 71, 72, 79, 171, 251
Hu Lien, General: 278-79
Hu Tsung-nan, Maj. Gen.: 275, 289
Hughes, 2d Lt. Burr L.: 212
Hull, Lt. Gen. John E.: 21, 254, 324, 356
Hump: 81, 85, 259, 291, 303, 311, 313, 333. See also Air supply; Air Transport Command.
allocations: 156, 161-62, 307
Chennault's responsibilities: 157
Hump Allocations Office: 155, 161, 317
operations: 147-50, 311, 341-42
Regulation Officer: 317
terminals, defense strategy: 150-51
tonnage: 158-59, 335
Hunter, Col. Charles N.: 91n
Hurley, Ambassador Patrick J.: 16, 22, 58, 74-75, 167, 333, 336n, 382
advised by Wedemeyer on intelligence in China: 159
analysis of China's future: 338
on British: 338
efforts to unify Chinese: 72-75
instructions from Roosevelt: 73n
interview with Churchill: 339
interview with Stalin: 339
mediation between Nationalists and Communists: 337
message to Chinese Communists: 251-52
Nationalist use of lend-lease: 385
postwar problems: 337
reconciliation of Chinese Nationalists and Communists: 249-54
relationship with Wedemeyer: 254
report to Roosevelt on Chinese Communists: 252-53
special representative of President Roosevelt: 4
suggested B-29's be withdrawn from China: 161
unification in China: 160, 384
U.S. policy toward Chinese Communists: 337n
Washington meeting on BETA: 336-38
Yalta agreement: 338-40
ICHIGO: 50, 56, 171, 174, 175, 179
Ichikari, Col: 125
Imperial General Headquarters: 50, 99, 100, 170, 259, 349-52
Inactivation of Chinese divisions: 381. See also Chinese Army.
India
economy: 303
port situation: 309-10
reciprocal aid: 41
SOS: 40-43
India-Burma Theater (IBT). See also Sultan, Lt. Gen. Daniel I.; Wheeler, Lt. Gen. Raymond A.
formation: 6
lend-lease: 305
missions: 291
personnel problems: 294-97
relationship with China Theater: 306-08
supply policies: 306-09
supply requisition system: 309
transfer of troops to China: 294
India-China Wing: 319
India Command. See GHQ (I)
Eastern Army: 300
lend-lease: 304

Indian-American relations: 299-301
India Cooperation Committee: 305
India Disposals Board: 43
Indian caste system: 301
Indian civilian drivers: 316-18. See also Chinese drivers.
Indian civilian labor: 300-301
Indian infantry divisions
3d: 101, 102
5th: 79, 223, 325
7th: 221-23
17th: 221, 325, 327, 329
19th: 218, 220-22
20th: 220-21, 222
25th: 79, 219
26th: 79, 215-16
Indian infantry brigades
33d: 221
64th: 327
99th: 327
161st: 223
Indian tank brigades
225th: 221, 222
Indian infantry battalions
1st, 19th Hyderabad: 216
2d, 8th Punjab: 216
Indian labor: 36
Indian people: 300-301
Indian Pioneer Corps: 300
Infantry divisions. See also Chinese Army units; Indian Infantry Divisions; Japanese Army units.
Infantry regiments. See also Chinese Army units; Japanese Army units.
475th U.S.: 90, 94, 109-13, 184-86, 203, 209-11, 269, 279
475th Regimental Combat Team: 94-95, 106
Infantry Training Center: 28, 375
Infiltration, Japanese: 281-82
Inflation in China: 254-55. See also China, economy.
Integrated command, Army Air Forces and Royal Air Force: 33
Intelligence, Allied: 258. See also American Observer Group.
estimate of Japanese before Chihchiang: 274
on Japanese threat to Kunming: 176-77
Intelligence agencies in China: 158-60
Interdiction, BETA: 334-35
Intermediate Section, SOS: 306, 316
Intermediate Section No. 2 (Chabua): 292
International Division, Army Service Forces: 308
International Relief: 12
Interpreters: 374n, 375, 377-78. See also Liaison, officers, Allied and Chinese.
Invasion of Japan: 350
Island bases: 170
Iwo Jima landing: 351

Jackson, Col. William M.: 286
Japanese air force: 173, 284
Japanese economy: 388-89
Japanese intentions to end the war: 47, 388
Japanese losses: 79
Japanese Navy: 4, 388
Japanese offensive in 1944: 4
Japanese seizure of Burma: 3
Japanese strategy
in Burma: 79, 80-81, 98-101, 123-25, 183, 190, 206-07, 217, 218, 221, 222, 223, 327
in China: 46-51, 130-38, 164-65, 169-70, 171, 175, 179, 273-74, 287, 349-53, 386, 387, 388, 389
Japanese successes: 169-70
Suichuan: 179
Tung-kou: 285
Japanese supply line in East China: 72
Japanese surrender: 388-90, 393, 394-96. See also Japanese intentions to end the war.
Japanese threat to Kunming: 46-47. See also ALPHA.
Japanese units
Imperial General Headquarters: 170, 179, 259, 273, 287, 349-52
Indian National Army: 218
Armies and Area Armies
Burma Area Army: 85, 99-100, 202, 218
China Expeditionary Army: 9, 49, 55, 170, 175, 179, 239-40, 273, 352
China Expeditionary Forces: 350-52
French Indochina Garrison Army: 169
Mongolian Army: 49
Southern Army: 100
6th Area Army: 49, 50, 55, 56, 165, 175-76
5th Air Army: 173
5th Air Division: 80
Armies
1st: 49
11th: 49, 55, 56, 64, 142, 165, 169
12th: 49
13th: 49
15th: 77, 79, 81, 100-101, 109, 216, 217-18, 221, 222
20th: 49, 287
23d: 9, 49, 55, 56, 169, 171
28th: 79, 100, 325, 328, 329
33d; 77, 100-101, 107, 109, 120-22, 123-30, 202, 218, 222, 325, 328

Divisions
2d Armored: 99
1st: 99
2d: 31, 80, 115, 195
3d: 64, 164-65
8th: 99
10th: 99
12th: 99
13th: 64, 142, 164-65
15th: 79, 218, 220, 222
18th: 29, 80, 107, 109, 125, 215-16, 222, 223
19th: 99
22d: 99, 169
23d: 99
24th: 99
26th: 99
27th: 171, 177-78
31st: 79, 218, 221, 222
33d: 79, 80, 218, 221, 222
37th: 99, 169
40th: 171, 177
47th: 177, 274, 282
49th: 31, 80, 100, 125, 190, 222
53d: 29, 79, 100, 104, 218, 220, 222
54th: 79, 219-20
55th: 79
56th: 80, 115, 125-30, 134, 138, 190, 194, 201-02, 203, 206, 215-17, 325
62d: 99
66th: 99
110th: 289
116th: 274, 282
121st: 351
122d: 351
123d: 351
124th: 351
125th: 351
126th: 351
127th: 351
128th: 351
Brigades
3d Cavalry: 351
23d Independent Mixed: 169
24th Independent Mixed: 104
34th Independent Mixed: 104
58th Infantry: 281
Infantry regiments
4th: 125, 201
16th: 115
109th: 282
113th: 217
119th: 104, 105
128th: 104
133d: 282
217th: 281
Detachments
Iwamoto: 178
Sekine: 281
Yamazaki: 120-22, 125, 126, 190, 197-98
Johnson, Lt. Col. Caifson: 194-95, 210-11
Johnson, Col. Harry G.: 380
Joint Chiefs of Staff: 4, 13, 83, 84, 143-47
Japanese surrender: 389-90
removal of B-29's from China to India: 161-62
reoccupation of China: 391
theater directives to Sultan: 32
theater directives to Wedemeyer: 15, 393-94
transfer of forces from SEAC to China: 321-23
transfer of resources from Burma to China: 224-25
U.S. missions in China and India-Burma Theaters: 225
Washington meeting on BETA: 336-38
Yalta Conference: 260
Joint Expeditionary Forces, Southern Region: 222
Joint Intelligence Collection Agency: 18
Joint War Plans Committee
appraisal of RASHNESS: 349
Washington meeting on BETA: 336
Jones, Col. Louis V.: 282
Jordan, Maj. Charles B.: 387

Kachin Rangers: 187, 227
KAN: 100
Karachi Air Base: 293, 295, 309-10
Katamura. Lt. Gen. Shihachi: 218
Kavel, 1st Lt. Hobart T.: 211-12
Kearney, Col. Charles F.: 242n, 246-47
Kent, Col. Mose: 375
KETSU: 351-52
Kimura, Gen. Hoyotaro: 218, 220, 222
King, Col. Woods: 264, 270-72, 279, 281, 282, 283
Knight, Curtis: 208
Knight, 1st Lt. Jack L.: 208
Kofer, Lt. Irving: 213n
Kornfield, S. Sgt. Milton: 210
Kostelanetz, Andre: 141
Kunming
defense. See ALPHA.
plans to secure against Japanese: 56-64
Kutschko, Col. Emerick: 266, 267, 269

Kwangsi Command: 264, 353, 355, 360-61, 378
Kweilin
falls to Japanese: 56
Japanese leading elements before: 10
Japanese objective: 50
retaken: 387-88
Wedemeyer's plan to defend: 51
Kweiyang Area Command: 282

L-5's: 214
Lake, Col. John P.: 270, 278-79
Lambert, Col. Lester L.: 270
Landing ships, tank: 366
Landis, Pvt. Robert W.: 94
Landis, Camp. See Camp Robert W. Landis.
Lansford, Col. Willis R.: 377
Lashio drive: 226-30
Lattin, Maj, John H.: 198, 210-11
Leadership. See Chinese Army, command system; Chinese Army, staff system.
Leahy, Admiral William D.: 338
Ledo Road: 39, 79, 85, 98, 115, 129, 291, 300, 313-14, 365-66. See also Stilwell Road.
one-way delivery of vehicles: 314
opening: 136-41
tonnage carried: 136
Ledo Road Convoy: 120, 365n
Leese, Lt. Gen. Sir Oliver: 87, 88, 323
LeMay, Maj. Gen. Curtis E.: 21
Lend-lease: 43-45, 365n. See also Reciprocal aid.
Chihchiang: 285
China Theater: 157
Chinese Army in India: 304
Chinese Communists: 252, 385
Chinese Training Command: 374
reoccupation of China: 391
surplus to China: 43
unified control: 254-59
Leyte Gulf, Battle of: 4
Li Huang, General: 116
Liaison: 272-73, 276. See also Sino-American co-operation.
groups: 289, 383
officers, Allied: 157, 285, 286, 378
officers, Chinese: 266, 373
personnel: 342
system, CCC: 290, 381
teams: 28, 275, 278, 280-81, 386. See also Hintze, 1st Lt. Stan C.
to Chinese Communists and Nationalists: 383-85
94th Army: 286n
Liaison aircraft: 264. See also L-5's.
Liaison Squadron, 5th: 214
Liao Yao-shiang, General: 33
Liao Yueh-shang, General: 108
Liberty ships: 366-67, 392
Lin Kuan-hsiang, Col.: 94
Lindsey, Brig. Gen. Malcolm D.: 60
Lines of communications, Allied: 26, 102, 223, 278, 355, 361. See also Ledo Road.
Assam: 310
China: 84, 150, 293, 300, 313-21, 348, 363-66
east China: 67
India to China: 362
India-Burma Theater-China Theater: 307
Liuchow: 333
north Burma: 226
North Burma Campaign: 101
oceanic: 334
Lines of communications, Japanese: 85, 129, 174, 169, 222, 276, 286, 333, 334, 343
Liu Fei, General: 153
Liuchow: 27
falls to Japanese: 56
Japanese elements before: 10
retaken by Chinese: 387
Local labor, IBT: 300
Logan, Col. Paul P.: 241-44
Logan Ration: 241-43, 262
Logistical support, Allied
36-division plan: 262-64
BETA: 330-36, 336-46
Burma: 223
Chihchiang: 282-83
China Theater: 155, 157. See also Services of Supply.
India-Burma for China and SEAC: 291
North Burma Campaign: 96-98
Logistics, Allied
36-division plan: 238-41
Chihchiang: 285, 287
Fort Bayard: 362-63, 366-67
India-Burma Theater: 303-13
Rangoon assault: 323
reinforcements to China: 147-50
Logistics, Japanese: 169
Long-range penetration: 90-91, 183
Looting, XXIV Group Army: 164
Lux Convoy: 68, 295
Ludden, Raymond P.: 74
Lung Yun, Governor: 141

MacArthur, General Douglas: 336, 360, 366, 394
postwar missions: 395
return to the Philippines: 4

McCloy, John J.: 337n
McClure, Col. Clinton I.: 374
McClure, Maj. Gen. Robert B.: 21, 63, 70, 151, 264, 269, 278, 290
CARBONADO: 393
Chinese Army rations: 164
Chinese Combat Command: 234-36, 383
Chinese command system: 278
Chinese Communists: 72-75
equipment of Chinese: 346
intelligence activities in China: 159-60
morale problems: 390
rations for ALPHA: 241
use of Chinese Communists: 249-51
visit to Kwangsi Command: 360
McLaughlin, Capt. George E.: 266n
McNamee, Col. Raymond W.: 235n
McNeil, Col. Norman: 374
Machine gun fire, Allied: 327, 329
Machine gun fire, Japanese: 210
Machine guns: 285
Maddocks, Maj. Gen. Ray: 359n
Madrasis: 300
Mahrattas: 300
Malaria. See Medical problems, malaria.
Mallon, Col. Dan: 142, 143n
Malnutrition. See Medical problems, malnutrition.
Manchurian rail system: 340
Mandalay, plan to attack: 82
Mao Tse-tung: 250, 384, 385
March casualties: 188
"March fracture": 214
Marches: 108, 126, 186-89
Marriage policies, India-Burma Theater: 299
MARS Task Force: 90, 97, 126-30, 134, 206-09, 215, 230, 295, 340-42
against Japanese on Burma Road: 183-205
blocking Burma Road: 342
transfer to China: 321-22
Marshall, General of the Army George C.: 18, 21, 47, 82, 85, 88, 343. See also Stimson- Marshall-Stilwell policy.
CARBONADO: 357
Japanese surrender: 389
offered officers to Wedemeyer: 382
postwar problems: 394-95
Quebec Conference: 86
reinforcements to China: 148-49
reoccupation of China: 391
replacement of Chennault: 357
transfer of forces to China: 322-24
U.S. withdrawal from SEAC: 324-25
to Wedemeyer on situation in China: 331
Martin, T. Sgt. Alfred T.: 197-98
Martin, Col. Elbert W.: 374
Matteson, Col. Milo H.: 91
Mayfield, Lt. Col. Harry L.: 294
Mechanized brigades. See Tank brigades.
Medical aid to Chinese in north Burma: 92. See also Hospitals; Medical problems.
Medical Battalion, 151st: 93
Medical Department, SOS: 378, 380
Medical problems: 242, 294, 360
admission rates: 301-02
atebrin: 94, 301
Burma: 214
Chihchiang: 282-53
cholera: 302-03, 370
DDT: 94, 301-03
drivers: 318, 363
dysentery: 93, 94, 302, 370
fever: 301
India-Burma Theater: 294
intestinal infections: 301
malaria: 93-94, 298, 301-02
malnutrition: 64-66, 242-44, 245, 266, 294, 370
sanitation: 92-94, 301, 342, 374
scrub typhus: 214
smallpox: 302
starvation: 370
tuberculosis: 242
typhoid: 370
venereal disease: 297-98
water purification: 302
Medical services. See Army Nurse Corps; Hospitals.
Medicine, preventive: 301-03
Meiktila, battle of: 221
Merrill, Maj. Gen. Frank D.: 90, 91n, 141, 320, 349
Merrill's Marauders: 91, 91n
Middleton, Brig. Gen. John W.: 236, 373
Miles, Commodore Milton E.: 158, 254, 138. See also Navy Group, China.
Military Railway Service: 38, 312-13
Miller, Lt. Col. James M.: 9n, 56n
Milner, Col. Fred C.: 343n
Mines, Allied, Burma Road: 200
Minesweepers: 328
Mining, Allied: 204
Ministry of Conscription: 67
Minority problems: 294. See also Army Nurse Corps; Negro troops; Women's Army Corps.
Mixed units, Sino-American. See Chinese-American Composite Wings; MARS Task Force.
Mobilization, Japanese: 350

Molotov, V. M.: 339n
Monsoons: 77, 88, 323, 327, 329, 365-66
Moore, Cpl. Pierce W.: 212
Morale
Allied: 264, 309
Chinese: 164-68, 286, 390
U.S. problems: 390
Mortar fire, Allied: 195, 202, 210. See also Artillery fire, Allied.
Mortar fire, Japanese: 198, 204, 215, 216
Mortar units: 375-76
Mortars: 285-86, 368
Motor Transport Service: 316-18
Motorized units. See Truck transport.
Mou Ting-fang, General: 279, 285
Mountbatten, Admiral Lord Louis: 33, 62, 82, 83, 143-47, 219. See also Southeast Asia Command (SEAC).
and clandestine activities in French Indochina: 260
need for commander in chief for Southeast Asia: 87
planning for Rangoon attack: 85-86, 227-28
relationship with Sultan: 32
strategy before Kunming: 144-47
transfer of forces from SEAC to China: 121-25
transfer of resources from Burma to China: 224-26
Munitions Assignments Board: 44, 308
Murphy, T. Sgt. Patrick W.: 199
Myitkyina-Bhamo road, linked with Ledo Road: 136

Naka, Lt. Gen. Eitaro: 109-110, 112
Nanning, Japanese withdrawal: 355
National Guard units. See Cavalry, 124th U.S.
National Military Council: 66, 151, 382
Nationalists. See Chinese Nationalists.
Napalm used in east China: 285
Naval activities: 366. See also Amphibious operations.
Navy Group, China: 18, 158-59, 252, 254, 258, 338, 385
Navy personnel: 367
Negro troops: 297-98, 348
Nelson, Donald M.: 257
Nepalis: 300
Neyland, Brig. Gen. Robert R., Jr.: 21, 24, 36, 309
Night movements, Japanese: 202
Night operations: 367
Nimitz, Admiral Chester W.: 360, 366, 394
Northern Combat Area Command (NCAC): 32, 81, 84, 129, 133-34. See also Sultan, Lt. Gen. Daniel I.
drive toward China: 114
logistical support: 96-98
missions: 89
organization: 90-92
training: 94-96
Nurses: 34. See also Army Nurse Corps.

OCTAGON: 85, 89, 322
Office of Strategic Services (OSS): 18, 74, 158, 258, 259, 338, 352. See also Kachin Rangers.
CARBONADO: 393
demolition teams: 142
Detachment 101: 326
negotiations with Chinese Communists: 251
Rangoon assault: 326-27
Okada, Lt. Col. Yoshimasa: 9
Okamura, Gen. Yasuji: 49, 141, 174, 175, 274, 333, 350-51, 352. See also China Expeditionary Army.
Olmstead, Col. George H.: 257, 258-59
Operations Division. See War Department Operations Division.
Order of battle, Chinese, in 1945: 382
Ordnance Department, SOS: 378, 380
Ordnance maintenance detachments: 318, 377
Ordnance Medium Automotive Maintenance Company, 3447th: 283
Ordnance Training Center: 234
Oryias: 300
Osborne, Lt. Col. William L.: 91, 109n, 202, 207
Owen, Pfc. George A.: 212

P-40's: 131-133
P-47's: 210
P-51's: 175
Pack Artillery, 613th: 94
Pack Troops
31st: 109, 186
33d: 186
35th: 186
Page, Edward: 339
Pai Chung-hsi, General: 60
Pao-Chia system: 369
Paratroop drop, Rangoon assault: 328
Paratroopers: 252
Patrol action, Allied: 113, 200-201, 204, 211, 386
Patrol action, Japanese: 275-76, 387
Pay: 300, 304. See also Chinese Army, pay.
Peng Ko-li, Col.: 129, 202, 203
Personnel management problems: 294-301
Photo reconnaissance aircraft: 173. See also Fourteenth Air Force.

Photographic Reconnaissance Force: 91
Pick, Maj. Gen. Lewis A.: 40, 136-41
"Pick's Pike": 40, 141
Pipelines: 38, 136, 313, 348, 349, 363
to China: 303
India to China: 320
India-Burma Theater: 310-11
Kunming: 307, 333
Myitkyina: 79
Pock, Lt. Hugh A.: 140
Pons, Lily: 141
Port Battalions
497th: 309
501st: 367
508th: 309
Port Companies
540th: 309
541st: 309
Port tonnage, Calcutta: 309
Ports. See Seaport for China.
Portable surgical hospitals. See Hospitals, portable surgical.
Postwar problems: 389-92. See also Reoccupation of China.
Potsdam Conference: 381, 383, 389
Press gangs: 369. See also Chinese Army, conscription.
Press reports on Ledo Road: 140-41
Preventive Medicine Section, India-Burma Theater: 301-02
Prisoners of war: 327
Public relations officers: 140-41
Punjabis: 300

Quartermaster Department, SOS: 380
Quartermaster truck companies: 319
3732d: 27
3843d: 27
Quebec Conference: 38, 84, 85

Radar: 173
Radio nets: 235
Radio operators, training: 377
Railroads. See also Bengal and Assam Railway; Military Railway Service; Railway Corridor.
bombardment: 92, 174-75
India-Burma Theater: 35, 37, 312-13
sidings: 312-13
Railway Corridor: 79, 96, 104, 107-08, 126, 215
Railway Operating Battalion, 735th: 313
Ramgarh Training Center: 33, 34, 43, 295, 314, 316
Randall, Brig. Gen. Russell E.: 102
Rangoon assault: 223, 226, 323, 325-29. See also DRACULA.
RASHNESS: 349. See also BETA; CARBONADO.
Ration Purchasing Commissions: 245-46, 247, 379
No. 2: 246
No. 3: 246
No. 4: 246
No. 5: 246
Rations. See also Logan Ration; Medical problems, malnutrition; Stilwell ration.
for ALPHA: 241-47
Chinese Army: 164, 264-66
effect of American system on Chinese: 286
problems due to dietary differences: 97
proposed for Chinese Army: 65
Stilwell Road drivers: 363
Read, Maj. John W.: 91
Rear Echelon, China Theater: 155-56, 359
Rear guard action, Japanese: 386-87
Reciprocal aid: 37, 300, 303-06. See also Lend-lease.
Reconnaissance scouts: 192-94
Red Cross: 12
Redeployment: 150-55, 223-26, 355
Reid, S. Sgt. Ernest: 192-94
Reinforcements, Allied: 221
Burma Road: 196
for China: 147-55
Reinforcements, Japanese: 350
Burma Road: 197
Chihchiang: 289
in China: 239
Reoccupation of China: 135, 390, 391. See also Postwar problems.
Repair shops, CTC: 374
Repair units, training: 377
Replacement depots: 242, 310
Replacements
British: 310
Chinese officers: 269
India-Burma Theater: 294, 296-97
Reserve Command: 266, 268, 269
Reverse lend-lease. See Reciprocal aid.
Roadblock, Burma Road: 190, 192
Roads, Chinese: 347
Rocket fire, Allied: 204
Rocket launchers: 326
Rockets: 208
Rommel, General Erwin: 319
Roosevelt, President Franklin D.: 84, 85
Cairo meeting: 394
death: 356
instructions to Hurley on unification of China: 73n, 339
nominated Hurley: 250
policy on U.S. officers commanding Chinese troops: 240
Quebec Conference: 84

relationship with Chiang (through Hurley): 16
support of Chennault: 4, 357
Yalta agreement: 338-40
Yalta Conference: 260, 331-33
ROOSTER: 279
Rotation: 294-96
Royal Air Force: 33, 80
293 Wing: 91
Royal Indian Navy: 325
Royal Navy: 219, 325
Royal Scots Fusiliers, 1st Battalion, North Burma Campaign: 104
Rusk, Col. Dean: 57

Sanitation: 92-94. See also Medical problems, sanitation.
Sanitary Corps, India-Burma Theater: 302
Scrub typhus. See Medical problems, scrub typhus.
Seaport for China: 330, 335, 349, 355, 360-63
Secret Police, Chinese. See Chinese Secret Police.
Seedlock, Col. Robert F.: 27, 140
Segregation: 297-98. See also Minority problems; Negro troops.
Semitrailers, India-Burma Theater: 316
Service, John S.: 74
Services of Supply: 11, 12, 21, 27, 74, 234-35, 272
497th Port Battalion: 35
508th Port Battalion: 35
Chihchiang: 282-83
China: 268
inactivated: 294
lend-lease: 257-58
mission in India-Burma: 34, 35
organization in India-Burma Theater: 34-36, 291-94
policy on Chinese Army in India: 304
responsibilities under Wedemeyer: 157
Southwest district. See Chinese Services of Supply.
strength: 19
tonnages for BETA: 340-41
transport estimates, 1945: 319-20
troops from India-Burma Theater to China: 295
Services of Supply, units. See also Advance Sections; Base Sections; Intermediate Sections.
857th Ordnance Heavy Automotive Maintenance Co.: 27
3732d Quartermaster Truck Co.: 27
3843d Quartermaster Truck Co.: 27
Burma Road Engineers: 27
SHÕ Operation: 50, 50n, 51, 170, 349. See also Japanese strategy in China.
Shortages. See Fuel shortages.
Signal Department: 378, 380
Signal equipment: 377
Signal troops: 283
Simpson, Lt. Gen. William H.: 382-83, 392
Sino-American co-operation: 150-55, 207, 247, 276, 287, 290. See also Chinese Training Center; Liaison; Training.
CARBONADO: 359-60
Chinese Combat Command: 234
Services of Supply: 378-79
Sino-American Special Technical Cooperative Organization (SACO): 158, 252
Sino-American co-ordination: 158-64
Burma Road: 202
Hump allocations: 162-63
MARS Task Force: 205
training: 273
Slim, Lt. Gen. William J.: 79, 81, 102, 217-20, 220-23, 321
Sliney, Brig. Gen. George W.: 138
Somervell, Lt. Gen. Brehon B.: 319, 348-49
Soong, T. V.: 57, 75, 391
became premier of China: 167
lend-lease: 255-56
Southeast Asia Command (SEAC): 32, 62, 81, 306. See also Mountbatten, Admiral Lord Louis.
India-Burma Theater, lend-lease: 304
missions: 85, 182
plans in 1944: 81-82
relationship with India-Burma Theater: 88-89
transfer of forces to China: 321-25
Southern Command: 378
Staff Department, SOS: 378
Soviet Union. See USSR.
Stalin, Marshal Joseph V.
promised sixty Russian divisions: 4, 5
Yalta agreement: 339-40
Yalta meeting: 331-33
State Department, U.S. policy toward China: 336-37
Stilwell, Lt. Gen. Joseph W.: 60, 82. See also Stimson-Marshall-Stilwell policy; Stilwell ration.
attitude toward British: 102
attitude toward Indian troops: 102
canceled Festing's transfer: 104
Chief of Staff to Chiang Kai-shek: 3
Chinese people: 391
Chinese staff system: 375n
lines of communications from Rangoon to Kunming: 320

long-range penetration group: 90
loss of air power in 1942: 319
marriage policies: 299
mission in China: 3
recall: 4
relationship with Chennault: 54
relationship with Chiang: 22, 63
sent Logan to China: 241
sixty-division program: 43
unwilling to serve under Giffard: 87
Stilwell, Col. Joseph W., Jr.: 125
Stilwell ration: 97
Stilwell Road: 141, 291, 293, 297, 300, 303, 319, 320, 333, 335, 337, 349
control by IBT and China Theater: 363-64
maintenance: 307
traffic: 363-66
Stimson, Henry L.: 18, 336
Stimson-Marshall-Stilwell policy: 18
Stodter, Col. John H.: 131n, 134, 135n
Stone, Brig. Gen. Charles B., III: 342-43
Stone, 1st Lt. James H.: 93n
Strafing, Allied, French Indochina: 260
Strategic Air Force: 91, 343, 345
Strategic bombing, Allied: 161, 173-74, 355
Strategy, Allied: 313-14
ALPHA: 162-64
base in Kunming area: 57-60
BETA: 169, 333
Burma Road: 183-84
CARBONADO: 355-56, 392
Chihchiang campaign: 276-78
defense of Kunming: 165-66
Fort Bayard operations: 362
Hump terminals: 150-51
Kunming operations: 143-47
North Burma Campaign: 78
Rangoon: 227-30, 323
seizure of Heng-yang: 287
Strategy, Japanese. See Japanese strategy.
Stratemeyer, Maj. Gen. George E.: 33, 40, 236, 330, 344-45
command in China: 336
replacement of Chennault: 357-59
Student Volunteer Army: 249
Student volunteers in Chinese Army: 247-49, 262
Subsistence Division, Quartermaster General: 241
Suichuan: 176-79
Sullivan, Maj. Martin F.: 259n
Sultan, Lt. Gen. Daniel I.: 6, 19, 33, 34, 40, 125, 134, 140, 141, 196, 228-30, 321, 323-24, 336
CAPITAL: 101
command of India-Burma Theater: 29, 31
line of communication responsibility: 307
marriage policies: 299
mission in India-Burma Theater: 32
policy on transfer of troops to China: 294
reinforcements to China: 147, 148-49
returned to United States: 329
strategy for Burma Road: 184
transfer of forces from SEAC to China: 321
transfer of resources from Burma to China: 226
Sun Li-jen, General: 33, 114, 122, 126, 129, 138, 202, 203
Sun Yat-sen: 370
Supply: 216. See also Air supply; Logistics.
36 Chinese divisions: 234-35
accumulated at Chinese airfields: 85
Chihchiang campaign: 279-81
Chinese: 11, 272
Chinese Army: 67-70, 71
Japanese: 100-101, 174-75, 176, 392
Surgeon General, India-Burma Theater: 298
Suzuki, Admiral Baron Kantaro: 352

Tactical Air Force, 3d: 91
Tactical air forces: 343, 345. See also Air Forces.
Tactical Headquarters: 359, 393
Tai Li, General: 158, 252, 254, 338, 385
Tanaka, Lt. Gen. Shinichi: 56, 223
Tang En-po, General: 59, 60, 142, 164, 278-79, 353, 361, 387
Tank battalions converted to truck units: 314, 316
Tank battle: 227
Tank brigades: 217
255th Indian: 221
Tankers, diverted from India: 311
Task forces. See MARS Task Force.
Taylor, Col. Thomas F.: 15, 57
Technical assistance to CTC: 373
Tenth Air Force: 33, 35, 91, 102, 118, 210, 225, 236, 298, 321, 330
Burma Road: 195
CARBONADO: 356
transfer to China: 321-24, 336, 342-43, 345-46, 358
Terrain problems, Burma: 199. See also Burma, geography.
Texas National Guard. See Cavalry Regiment, 124th U.S.
Thailand political situation: 100
Thrailkill, Lt. Col. Benjamin F.: 209-10
Burma Road: 198
expedition: 114
North Burma Campaign: 109-10

Timberman, Brig. Gen. Thomas S.: 21, 60
Tokyo raid: 170
Tomkies, Lt. Col. Douglas: 273, 281
Tourtillot, Col. Raymond K.: 378
Tractor trailers, India-Burma Theater: 319
Tractors, India-Burma Theater: 316
Training. See also Chinese Training Command
China Theater: 157-58
Chinese divisions: 231-34
Chinese in United States: 24-49
infantry: 289
Training centers: 234. See also Chinese Training Center; Ramgarh Training Center.
Training manuals: 375
Transfer of forces from SEAC to China: 321
Transfer of resources from Burma to China: 223-24
Transfer of troops from India-Burma Theater to China: 294-95
Translation, Chinese Training Center: 375. See also Interpreters.
Transport. See Motor Transport Service; Truck transport
Transport aircraft
Burma: 217
Royal Air Force: 80
transfer from Burma to China: 144-46
transfer of resources from Burma to China: 225
Transport problems in China: 67-70, 244, 268, 346-49
Transportation Corps, 61st Composite Company: 98
Transportation Department, SOS: 378, 380
Troop Carrier Squadron, 27th: 131
Troop dispositions, Allied: 58-59, 125-26, 222-23, 276, 353
Burma: 206, 210-11
Chihchiang: 280
north Burma: 79-81, 96
Troop dispositions, Japanese: 49, 190-222, 353
Chihchiang: 274
north Burma: 125
Shweli valley: 125
Suichow: 177
Troop strengths, Allied: 235, 266, 340
Air Transport Command: 39
Chinese, August 1945: 382
Troop strengths, Japanese: 40, 100, 104, 351, 392
Troop strengths, U.S.
China Theater: 19
Eastern Command: 283
India-Burma Theater: 19, 33
Troopships: 110. See also Liberty ships.
Truck transport: 67-70, 307. See also Quartermaster truck companies.
Chinese Training Center: 374
companies: 295
convoys: 136-41, 365n
India-Burma Theater: 305-06, 316
line of communications to China: 85
maintenance and repair: 363
Truman, President Harry S.: 339, 356. See also Potsdam Conference.
Truscott, Lt. Gen. Lucian K.: 92, 383
Tsuli, Col. Masanobu: 122
Tu Yu-ming, General: 266
Tunner, Brig. Gen. William H.: 21, 40. See also Air Transport Command (ATC).

"Uncle Sugar": 294, 294n
Unification of China: 161, 249-54, 337, 319, 383
United Nations, support of China: 3
USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics): 339-40. See also Chinese Communists; Stalin, Marshal Joseph V.
Communists in China: 73n
effect of entering war: 50-51
entrance into war: 331-32, 393
Potsdam Conference: 389
promise of 60 divisions against Japan after Germany's defeat: 4, 5
unification of China: 383
U.S. Army engineers, India-Burma Theater: 300. See also Engineer Regiment, U.S. 330th.
U.S. expenditures in China: 255
U.S. interest in China: 159
U.S. missions in China: 15, 225, 336-37. See also U.S. postwar missions in China
air power: 25, 26
supply: 26, 27
training: 27, 28
U.S. missions in India-Burma: 15, 32
air power: 34
logistics: 34
training: 34
U.S. personnel in India-Burma Theater: 294
U.S. policy in China: 336-40. See also Joint Chiefs of Staff.
U.S. postwar missions in China: 393-96
U.S. support of Chinese troops: 39, 290, 368. See also Air support; Logistical support, Allied; Logistics, Allied; Supply.
U.S. withdrawal from SEAC: 324-25

Veterinary detachments: 266, 283
Veterinary food inspection battalion: 367

Veterinary Service: 380
Victory parade, Rangoon: 329
Vincent, Brig. Gen. Casey: 60
Vitamins, Chinese troops: 243-44
Volkmuth, Lt. Col. Albert R.: 375

Wada, Superior Pvt. Rokuro: 116n
Wang, Col.: 126
Wang Yao-wu, General: 269, 270, 276, 278, 287, 386
War areas
I: 274-75, 382, 383, 386
II; 382, 383
III: 382
IV: 72
V: 49, 382
VI: 49, 382
VII: 382, 383
VIII: 382
IX: 27, 71, 72, 382
X: 383
XI: 383
XII: 383
War Department: 82
help to China: 24
India-Burma Theater lend-lease: 304-05
lend-lease directives: 41, 43
limited Stilwell Road to one-way delivery: 319
policy on lend-lease: 307-08
Washington meeting on BETA: 336-38
War Department Operations Division: 322
War lords: 338. See also Chang Fa-kwei, General; Hsueh Yueh, General; Li Chi-shen, Marshal; Lung Yun, Governor; Pai Chung-hsi, General.
War Production Board, Chinese: 255
War Production Mission: 257, 381
Ward, Lt. Col. Ivan W.: 269n
Warden, Brig. Gen. John A.: 40
Weapons issued in China: 268
Weart, Brig. Gen. Douglas L.: 6n, 346, 359, 393
Weather. See Monsoons.
Wedemeyer, Lt. Gen. Albert C.: 3, 15, 33, 82, 83, 88, 131
36 Chinese divisions: 231-32
39 Chinese divisions: 368
advised Hurley on intelligence activities in China: 159
on American Army Observer Group: 384
analysis of American organization: 54-55
analysis of China's future: 338
analysis of Chinese: 52, 53
assumed command in China Theater: 6
attempts to arm Hsueh: 71
authority over British organizations: 18
B-29's move from China to India: 160-61
BETA logistics conference with Chennault: 343-44
BETA meeting with JCS in Washington: 336-38
on British: 338
on British intelligence in China: 159
CARBONADO plans: 355-56, 392
Chennault's recall: 22, 23, 356, 357-59
Chiang's agreement to ALFSEA: 88
to Chiang on Chinese Army: 381
to Chiang on Chinese command system: 163-64
to Chiang on seizure of Heng-yang: 287
Chihchiang campaign: 289-90
on Chinese combat effectiveness: 143
on Chinese command system: 162-64, 278
on Chinese Communists: 249-54
Chinese pay: 167-68, 304
Chinese problems: 165-69
civil war in China: 13, 395
combined staff: 359-60
conscription report to Chiang: 368-73
control of Hump tonnage: 158
control over lend-lease: 255-59
co-ordination in China Theater: 158-64
defense of Kunming: 46-47
employment of air power: 25, 54
equipping ALPHA: 238
estimate of Chinese Communists: 338
estimate of Japanese at Chihchiang: 274
estimate of Japanese strategy: 46
estimation of situation in China: 46-49
first meeting with Chiang: 56
to Hull on BETA: 330-31
intelligence agencies in China Theater: 258
Japanese threat to Kunming: 176
Japanese withdrawal: 353
lend-lease shipments to China: 308
liaison in French Indochina: 261
liaison system with Chinese: 231-32
line of communications responsibility: 307-08
Logan Ration: 243-44
McClure to CCC: 236
malnutrition in Chinese Army: 64-66
to Marshall on negotiations with Chinese: 253-54
to Marshall on problems in China: 165-67
to Marshall on USSR: 331-32
missions: 14-24, 153
on Negro troops: 348
opinion of Chinese spirit: 51-52, 62
opinion of Potsdam Conference: 383

postwar directive: 333
postwar missions: 393-96
postwar problems: 389-92
on quality of Chinese officers: 233
records of meetings: 56-57, 57n
reinforcements to China: 148-49
relationship with Chennault: 54-55
relationship with Chiang: 15, 16, 151-53, 165-67, 176
relationship with Hurley: 254
reorganization of China Theater: 155-64
report on SEAC: 82
request for MARS Task Force: 226
requested help from SEAC: 142, 144
seaport for China: 367
staff relationships: 156
strategy for Kunming operations: 143-47
student volunteers in Chinese Army: 248-49
Tenth Air Force move to China: 342-43, 356
training young Chinese in United States: 248-49
transfer of forces from SEAC to China: 321
transfer of resources from Burma to China: 225-26
transfer of troops from India-Burma Theater to China: 294-95
transport requirements, 1945: 319
unification in China: 383
urged Chinese offensive: 133-34
U.S. command in Chinese Army: 382

Wei Li-huang, General: 28, 130-36, 236
Wessels, Brig. Gen. Theodore F.: 374
Wheeler, Lt. Gen. Raymond A.: 32, 141, 324, 329, 336
Willey, Brig. Gen. John P.: 95, 184, 200, 209, 211
Burma Road: 189-90
missions: 190
request for Chinese 1st Separate Division: 189
Wilson, S. Sgt. Chester C.: 192-94
Withdrawals, Allied: 215, 216, 223, 281
Chihchiang: 282
SEAC: 321-25
Withdrawals, Japanese: 165, 215, 216, 219, 352-53, 386-88
Bhamo: 122-23
Burma Road: 202
Chihchiang: 286-87
Nanning: 355
Wanting: 138
Women's Army Corps: 34, 298
Wood, Capt. William A.: 208-09
Workmen's compensation, India-Burma Theater: 300
Worley, Capt. Joseph P.: 210

Yalta Conference: 260, 331-33, 336n, 338-40
Yamazaki, Col.: 120, 122. See also Japanese units; Detachments, Yamazaki Detachment
Yeaton, Col. Ivan D.: 384-85
Y-Force: 82, 123, 134-35
reform by Stilwell: 4
students in CTC: 374
Y-FOS: 20, 28, 60, 131, 133
Yoshida, Col.: 125
Yu Han-mou, General: 9, 49
Yu Ta-wei, General: 153

Z-Force: 4, 21, 27, 46
Z-FOS: 20, 21, 28, 60

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