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Description
Mr. Campbell describes being sent from Egypt to the Burma theater to assist the Americans against the Japanese. After arriving in Rangoon, and with no rest, he immediately goes on a bombing run to Singapore. After returning to Rangoon, and still not having rested, his crew is sent to a safer airfield in Lashio, Burma. Finally, after a stiff tot of rum, he sleeps around the clock.
Transcription
The Yanks said, “Hey, we need help!” and Churchill being a good politician said, “Send a couple of squadrons!” So they sent us. And we flew, we were supposed to be having a rest in Egypt to go to Italy but they said, no, you take off now you go to Burma so we did. We went from Egypt to Bahrain I think, or was it Charga, I forget and anyway a couple of stops and got to India. We arrived in India with no sleep. Went to Burma, no sleep still so they said okay you guys you’re going to bomb Bangkok which we did. God I was tired. Anyway, we got back and they said well you can’t stay here, because the Japs are going to blow the devil out of this place which was Rangoon, called (inaudible) was the aerodrome and they said the Japs are going to bomb us real good so you gotta go up to Lachio. So we went up to Lachio, we could hardly stand up let alone do anything else. This great big Russian handed me a cup of rum, picked me up and put me in bed. I slept right around the clock.