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Collection Structure Ernest Fred Easterbrook papers >  Ernest Fred Easterbrook diary transcript, volume 2
Item Title Ernest Fred Easterbrook diary transcript, volume 2
Collection Title Ernest Fred Easterbrook papers
Author Easterbrook, Ernest Fred (1908-1988)
Date Created 1945
Description The diaries of Ernest F. Easterbrook describe his service in the China-Burma-India (CBI) theater, a little-known part of the campaign in Burma. Easterbrook was assigned to be General Joseph W. Stilwell’s executive assistant in Burma in 1944. Later that year he commanded the 475th Infantry Regiment, at that time the only US ground combat unit in the CBI theater. He led the regiment behind Japanese lines to cut the Burma Road in an effort to support Chinese troops from Burma linking up with the Chinese Y-Force, which was pushing the Japanese out of southwestern China. This led to the reopening of a land supply route, the soon-to-be-named Stilwell Road from India to China.
Subject(s) United States. Army Stilwell, Joseph Warren, 1883-1946 Burma Road Burma World War, 1939-1945
Language(s) English
Country of Origin Burma
Format Text
Medium diaries
Record Number 2006c56.2
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