[Eric in the Ozarks]

Most days, dad spent the night in India with locals available to load his airplane with munitions for troops battling the Japanese in China.
There was a particularly arrogant Nationalist Chinese General in India who had acquired a baby grand piano, probably from a British family living there.
He insisted that my dad carry the piano to China but Dad refused.
One morning he arrived at the air field with his co-pilot, only to find the piano had already been loaded aboard.
Saying nothing, the men took off and circled the airfield once. At 650 feet, the cargo door came open and the piano went out.
Nothing was ever said...

[oldvirginian]

There were a few arrogant Chinese Nationalist Generals. Most of them seemed intent on sparing their armor and troops for fighting the communists after we defeated Japan. Your dad’s story sounds about par for the course.

I’ve read about Merrill’s Marauders and they had little good to say about the Chinese soldiers they worked with. On one mission the Marauders, undermanned, sick and pushed to the limit found themselves constantly outpacing the Chinese armor unit that was supposed to support them.

The Indian troops were quite different.
I have yet to run across anything bad about the Indian army whether operating with the British or Americans.
In fact a brigade of Gurkha’s is the most decorated unit in the English army.