Really! I’ll bet he had lots of tales to relate to his grandson! :)
My Brother says he never stopped talking about it.
I never remember him talking about it, and I am the eldest.
All I know is that it wasn’t easy feeding them guys in the Burmese jungle.
They were MAKING the supply line, ergo there was no supply line.
By the time the line was complete to Kunming the war was over.
It was a Grand effort that got little regard in history, but that by no means diminishes the dedicated backbreaking work that was done for the effort.
It was pure brute strength and determination rounded with good ol boy engineering.
The legacy of the relations with Chiang Kai Shek, and India linger on to this day.