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Tales of the Himalayas


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This is a book of letters written to Carl Frey Constein, author of the WWII memoir Born to Fly the Hump. Most of the letters are from pilots and crew who also served in the China-Burma-India Theater of Operations. They tell of crashes and bailouts over the Himalayas and Burma, of mammoth thunderstorms and engine failures, of bombing runs out of China, of airdrops behind enemy lines. Other CBI veterans who served on the ground tell of rugged conditions in the high mountains of China and the dense jungles of Burma, or in the monsoons and heat of India. Wives and widows have written poignant, sincere letters of appreciation. The CBI was the theater of history's first military airlift, General Chennault's Flying Tigers, General Vinegar Joe Stilwell, Merrill's Marauders and Wingate's Chindits, the Burma Road. The letters illuminate the diversity and hardships of the CBI, where 350,000 Americans fought their war - and which history has all but overlooked.
About the Author: Carl Frey Constein was born in the eastern Pennsylvania town of Fleetwood. After working his way through college, he became a W.W. II aviation cadet and received his wings as pilot. He was sent to India to fly supplies and materiel to China over the Himalayan Hump. For his ninety-six round-trip flights he was awarded two Air Medals and the Distinguished Flying Cross. He recalled his year in the China-India-Burma theater in the memoir Born to Fly the Hump, published by 1st Books Library. After the war Constein earned a doctorate at Temple University in English and Educational Administration. He has been a teacher, curriculum director, education writer, and superintendent of schools. Constein lives outside Reading in Berks County, Pennsylvania. He lectures frequently about the Hump and the CBI to historical societies, aviation groups, library groups, and civic clubs. He is at work on a partly whimsical novel about an author whose books are published by a new breed of publishers.


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  • ISBN-13: 9781403310309
  • Publisher: Authorhouse
  • Publisher Imprint: AuthorHouse
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 204
  • Series Title: English
  • Weight: 358 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1403310300
  • Publisher Date: 18 Jul 2002
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 13 mm
  • Width: 155 mm


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