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CBI Theater: US Army 35th Group Army Liaison Team (Guerrilla Team India & China), the collection of Major Carl J. Chormley, Covering operations, February 1944 to May 1945.
6 – 13 December 2018, 10:00 EST
New YorkSold for US$375 inc. premium
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CBI Theater: US Army 35th Group Army Liaison Team (Guerrilla Team India & China), the collection of Major Carl J. Chormley, Covering operations, February 1944 to May 1945.
A collection of memorabilia relating to Chormley's wartime experiences as part of a US Guerrilla Team in NW India and in Yunnan Province, China, comprising:
1. An "Asia Transportation map" of China marking his route up to the NE Indian frontier near Dibrugarh, his flight to Pai-se in Kwangsi Province and his subsequent trails into Yunnan Province in support of the Chinese Army, operating against Japanese forces. Lithographed map on paper, 22 x 28 in (56 x 73 cm), folded.
2. 5 pp official paperwork, including a manuscript in Chormley's hand, listing the make up of Battalion HQ, a diagram of the division, a 2 pp mimeographed list of the US officers and their Chinese counterparts. 4to.
3. A group of 18 receipts for provisions, etc. Chormley was Finance Officer for the Guerrilla Team.
4. Chormley's personal photograph collection of India and China, 134 contact prints, loose, most vintage, many numbered and with his annotations on the verso, a few later, occasional duplicates. 4.5 x 3 in (12 x 8 cm), and smaller.
A fascinating insight into the operations of a US Guerrilla team, operating out of Yunnan, in liaison with the Chinese army. His snaps include the people, scenery, battlefields, and domestic Chinese life in this far flung province of China. Photographs of the China campaign are rare on the market, much of the Ops being in a covert capacity.
Various sizes
1. An "Asia Transportation map" of China marking his route up to the NE Indian frontier near Dibrugarh, his flight to Pai-se in Kwangsi Province and his subsequent trails into Yunnan Province in support of the Chinese Army, operating against Japanese forces. Lithographed map on paper, 22 x 28 in (56 x 73 cm), folded.
2. 5 pp official paperwork, including a manuscript in Chormley's hand, listing the make up of Battalion HQ, a diagram of the division, a 2 pp mimeographed list of the US officers and their Chinese counterparts. 4to.
3. A group of 18 receipts for provisions, etc. Chormley was Finance Officer for the Guerrilla Team.
4. Chormley's personal photograph collection of India and China, 134 contact prints, loose, most vintage, many numbered and with his annotations on the verso, a few later, occasional duplicates. 4.5 x 3 in (12 x 8 cm), and smaller.
A fascinating insight into the operations of a US Guerrilla team, operating out of Yunnan, in liaison with the Chinese army. His snaps include the people, scenery, battlefields, and domestic Chinese life in this far flung province of China. Photographs of the China campaign are rare on the market, much of the Ops being in a covert capacity.
Various sizes