Letters and Diaries of Colonel John Hart Caughey, 1944–1945: With Wedemeyer in World War II China

271 Pages·2018·3.782 MB·English

by  Roger B. Jeans

The Letters and Diaries
of Colonel John Hart
Caughey, 1944–1945

The Letters and Diaries
of Colonel John Hart
Caughey, 1944–1945
With Wedemeyer in
World War II China
Edited by
Roger B. Jeans
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Contents
Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xi
Note on Romanization xiii
List of Abbreviations xv
Chronology xvii
Maps xxi
Introduction xxv
Part 1 The China Theater under General Albert C. Wedemeyer,
1944–1945 1
Part 2 War Planner for Wedemeyer: John Hart Caughey and the
“Asiatic Operations Division,” 1944–45 29
Part 3 The Letters of John Hart Caughey, November 1944 to
November 1945 89
Part 4 The Diary of John Hart Caughey, January to November 1945 175
Bibliography 209
Index 217
About the Editor 229
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Illustrations
Map 1. China.
Map 2. The Japanese Ichigo offensive.
Map 3. Burma, 1944–1945.
Figure 1. Lord Louis Mountbatten, new commander in chief of the
Southeast Asia Command (SEAC), welcomed to Washington
by Caughey, who served as the admiral’s aide during his visit,
August 1943.
Figure 2. Caughey at Orly airport in Paris on his way to Kandy, Ceylon, to
serve in SEAC, September 1944.
Figure 3. Wedemeyer arrives in Chungking and is met by He Yingqin,
commander in chief of the Chinese Nationalist Army, U.S.
Special Representative Patrick J. Hurley, and other notables,
October 1944.
Figure 4. Wedemeyer, India-Burma Theater commander Daniel I. Sultan,
SEAC commander Lord Louis Mountbatten, and OSS head
William J. Donovan confer in Myitkyina, Burma, January 1945.
Figure 5. Wedemeyer presides over a Chinese-American military staff
conference at China Theater Headquarters, Chungking, 1945.
Figure 6. Caughey and his jeep in Chungking, February 1945.
Figure 7. Caughey awarded the Legion of Merit, Chungking, February
1945.
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