Welcome to the home of the Ex-CBI Roundup online.  This website will eventually be the online respository of all issues of the Ex-CBI Roundup from December 1946 through July 2009.  This will be an ongoing effort and will, of course, take some time to accomplish as there were 600 issues of the Ex-CBI Roundup printed over the years.  But, we will get there!

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Issues & Features

 Online Issues (by decade)

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 History of the Ex-CBI Roundup

 Robb Edmonds' "CBI From A to Z"

 CBI Recollections & Stories

 CBI Photos

 Control of Newspaper "CBI Roundup"
   (Memos from HQ, India-Burma Theater: Adobe Acrobat file)

Of Interest

 2012 CBI Reunion (Adobe Acrobat file)

 Back Issues Available for Sale!

 CBI-related Websites, Books, Organizations

 CBI-related YouTube Documentaries/Interviews

 Unknown Insignia (Need IDs!)

 Contact Us

New CBI Books!
"The Aluminum Trail"

The family of the author of "The Aluminum Trail" has granted permission for a reprinting of 20 copies of this classic CBI book.

If any of those interested in aircraft crashes in the CBI during WWII would like to know more about those crashes and the loss of life in Air Corps units, "The Aluminum Trail" is now available for $36 plus $6 shipping.

Note that all proceeds go to MIArecoveries.org, an organization that locates and documents missing WWII aircraft and pilots.

If interested contact:

Mr. Bob Willett
4423 Sea Gull Dr.
Merritt Island, FL 32953
321-454-3016

"Hell is So Green: Search and Rescue over the Hump in World War II"

This book was written by Lt. William Diebold shortly after the war. Though he intended to publish it as a book, that never happened and he died in 1965. Two years ago his daughter, Anna, handed the manuscript to Mr. Dick Matthews and the result is the current hardback release.

The book tells the story of Lt. Diebold's search and rescue operations in the mountains and jungles of Burma during 1944-1945. He parachuted into the jungle to rescue airmen whose planes went down while flying the Hump. Though Diebold never fired a gun in anger, he was a hero nevertheless and saved the lives of a number of flyers who almost certainly would otherwise have perished. Hell is So Green - saved by his daughter all these years - is his personal account of that time.

Lyons Press lists the book at $22.95, but it's also for sale on Amazon and other on-line book markets, or Mr. Matthews can provide it for $16 plus postage, or $18.20 total.

CBI Recognition Petition

We are petitioning HBO / DreamWorks / Playtone (the companies involved with "Band of Brothers" and "The Pacific") to have the China-Burma-India (CBI) Theater acknowledged and addressed in a future series or special.

The petition is online at http://www.petitiononline.com/CBI1945/.

We would appreciate your reading our petition and signing it if you are so inclined.  Thank you for your consideration.


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Clark and Gary at National Museum of the United States Air Force, 29 August 2010

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