I once talked to a WW II pilot who flew the Hump. He described as always dangerous and often harrowing due to weather, distance, heavy loads, remoteness, forbidding terrain, and operating at the extremes of what the aircraft and navigational technology of the era could do. The effort was necessary though to help keep China in the war against Japan.
During my heart attack rehab program at the hospital was exercising on treadmills. On my left was a Hump C47 pilot and on my right was Gen. Bruce Davidson, noted Army historian and Army troopship commander at Iwo JIMA. ThE REST Of the room was Ww2 and Korean War vets. I was in the middle of living heroes. It was awe-inspiring and an honor.