This website was established by Clayton Kuhles. The purpose of this website is to disseminate information about my ongoing search expeditions in China, Burma and India to locate and recover missing-in-action (MIA) US airmen who disappeared in that area of Asia during WW II.
The information posted on this website is intended to help bring some level of closure to the surviving family members and friends of these long-missing men.
During WW II, The US lost hundreds of aircraft in the China-Burma-India (CBI) theater of operations. Although hostile fire from Japanese forces accounted for many of these aircraft losses, the majority of US aircraft were lost due to inhospitable weather, mechanical failure or navigational error. Click here for more information.
Read the poem "Where is My Son?" by Pearl Dunaway. Pearl Dunaway was the mother of SSgt. Joseph W. Dunaway, who died with 14 other men when B-25 #0010 disappeared on the Hump route on 04 July 1945.
A steak of silver in the sky...the engines roar...propellers try...
To lift the giant screaming plane...above the mountains drenched with rain...
Black ominous clouds and gale winds blow...amid the ice and swirling snow...
As plane and crew, with every breath...tries to win a fight with death...
To climb above the snow capped peak...a place not far for the very weak...
The plane is in a mighty grip...the crew can hear the metal rip...
As suction lifts them like a kite...above the peaks into the night...
Then, just as quickly dropped like snow...into the jutting rocks below...
Time has run out for plotted goals...a cry aloud, "God save our souls!"...
A crash like thunder, a flash of light...then silence in the blackened night...
Crumpled engines, wings and tail...help pave the "Hump's" Aluminum Trail...
A dog tag here...a jacket there, a picture worn by love and care...
A parachute unopened lay...no time to jump, no time to pray...
In this far, forgotten place, of jungles, mountains, rocks and space...
The wreckage lay like broken toys...discarded by mischievous boys...
And boys they were of tender years...and families weep in silent tears...
To know the sacrifice they made...the part their gift for freedom played...
Lieutenants, Captains, Sergeants too...Privates, maintenance, or crew...
Whatever rank, whatever job...they did their best with each heart throb...
Some gave their lives to save a friend...a brother to the very end...
They gave their lives, so we might live...what more can any person give.
These MIA search expeditions and this website have been self-funded by Clayton Kuhles. We receive no funding from the US government or from any private organization. If you feel this is a worthwhile humanitarian project, then we encourage you to make a donation to support our efforts. Please visit the Funding page of this website to see how easy it is to support this project in a meaningful way. Thank you.
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