United States Army Air Forces/Office of Flying Safety, Safety Education Division. Survival: Jungle-Desert-Arctic-Ocean Emergencies [1942?].
For a more general sense of what American flyers in Liberators did and felt in late 1944 and early 1945, I drew on—and recommend—the following books (especially those by Hynes and Fussell):
Ambrose, Stephen A. The Wild Blue. London: Simon & Schuster, 2001.
Bradley, James. Flyboys. New York: Little, Brown, 2003.
Fussell, Paul. Doing Battle: The Making of a Skeptic. Boston: Little, Brown, 1996.
Hynes, Samuel. The Soldiers' Tale: Bearing Witness to Modern War. New York: Penguin, 1997.
Terkel, Studs. The Good War: An Oral History of World War II. New York: Pantheon, 1984.
I came across several 1945 U.S. newspaper and magazine accounts that drew on journalists' interviews of some of the airmen, but they tended to have fictional elements that the journalists or their editors had added, perhaps seeking to add luster to the airmen's unvarnished accounts. Looked at today, most of these articles seem terribly dated because of the false additions, which call to mind old hand-colored photographs of people with improbably pink skin and golden hair.
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INDEX
Ah, (Chinese honorific). See Kun, Ah; Piauw, Ah; Tin, Ah
airmen. See also airmen, naval; Coberly's crew
airlift rescue, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Allied guerrillas and, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
attempt river escape, [>]–[>]
bail out, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
at Bang Biau, [>]–[>], [>]
bargain for boat, [>]–[>]
build defenses, [>]
Busar on rescue of, [>]–[>]
changed cultural attitudes, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
evacuation of, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
friction among, [>], [>]–[>]
Harrisson and, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
hope for rescue, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Japanese hunt, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Lagan assists, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
at Long Berang, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
at Long Kasurun, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
at Long Nuat, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
low morale, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Lun Dayeh assist and protect, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Makahanap and, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
meet Lun Dayeh, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Mongan and, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
at Pa' Inau, [>]–[>]
at Punan Silau, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
airmen, naval. See also airmen
attempt escape to coast, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
crash-land at Telehak, [>]–[>], [>]
Japanese attack and kill, [>]–[>]
Japanese hunt, [>]–[>], [>]
at Long Nuat, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
at Long Pa' Sia, [>]–[>], [>]
at Long Tefadong, [>], [>], [>]–[>]
low morale, [>], [>]
meet Dayaks, [>]
Tagal assist, [>]–[>]
Allies. See also guerrillas, Allied
invade Borneo, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
rumored landing in Borneo, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
animism, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
arak, [>], [>]
Bang Biau, airmen at, [>]–[>], [>]
Bario, Allied guerrillas in, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Baru, Sugiang, [>]
Binum, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
as Christian, [>]
helps kill Japanese, [>]–[>]
after the war, [>], [>]
B-24 Liberator bombers, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
crash in Borneo, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
blood chits, [>], [>], [>]
blowpipes, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Bolong (N.E.I. Cpl.), [>]
"Bomber Barons," [>]–[>], [>], [>]
borak, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Borneo
Allied guerrillas in, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Allied invasion of, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
B-24 crash in, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Chinese in, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
Christianity in, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
Dutch in, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Japanese occupation of, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
Javanese in, [>]
Malays in, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
oil resources, [>]–[>]
rumors of Allied landing in, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
as unknown territory, [>]
Bower, (Sgt.) Doug, [>], [>], [>]
Brennan, (Lt.) Fred "Jerry"
killed, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
as navigator, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Brunei Bay, attack on, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Buing Udan, [>], [>]
Burnette, Charlie, as tail gunner, [>]
Busar, [>]–[>], [>]
on B-24 crash, [>]–[>]
on rescued airmen, [>]–[>]
Capin, Betty, [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Capin, (Sgt.) Tom, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
airlifted out, [>], [>]
assists Doc McCallum in Pa' Dali, [>], [>]
background and character, [>]–[>], [>]
bails out, [>], [>], [>], [>]
as gunner and radio operator, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
helps build airstrip, [>]
Kibung looks after, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
in Long Berang, [>]–[>]
lost in jungle, [>]–[>]
meets Lun Dayeh, [>]–[>]
in Pa' Dali, [>], [>]
in Pa' Ogong, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
receives B.E.M., [>]
trains guerrillas, [>]
after the war, [>]–[>]
Carter, (Maj.) Toby, [>]
Caterpillar Club, [>]
Chaney, (Fl. Lt.) Frederick
background and character, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
on Dayaks, [>]
and rescue airlift, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Chinese, in Borneo, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Christianity
in Borneo, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
among Lun Dayeh, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
among Tagal, [>]–[>]
Coberly, (Lt.) Tom
bails out, [>]
death, [>], [>]
injured in attack, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
as pilot, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Coberly's crew. See also airmen
cohesion of, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
combat missions, [>]–[>]
"mutiny," [>], [>], [>]–[>]
training, [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Corrin, (Lt.) Philip, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
/> airlifted out, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
background and character, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
bails out, [>]–[>]
as bombardier, [>], [>]
in command, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
"In Darkest Borneo," [>]
meets Dayaks, [>]–[>], [>]
pins bombardier wings on Lagan, [>], [>]
at "Polecat Gulch," [>], [>]–[>], [>]
and survival, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
trains guerrillas, [>], [>]–[>]
after the war, [>]–[>]
Cusack, (W.O.) Rod, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Dayaks, [>], [>]–[>]. See also Iban; Kelabit; Lun Dayeh
Allied guerrillas and, [>]–[>]
Chaney on, [>]
characteristics of, [>]–[>], [>]
culture, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
as headhunters, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
naval airmen meet, [>]
Dumat, Aris, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Dutch, in Borneo, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Edmeades, (Capt.) Ric, [>]–[>]
recruits guerrillas, [>], [>], [>], [>]
Fischer, William John, as gunner, [>]
Graham, Janet, [>], [>]–[>]
Graham, (Lt.) Robert J., [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
airlifted out, [>], [>]
in command, [>]–[>], [>]
commands execution squad, [>]
as copilot, [>]–[>]
illness, [>]–[>]
meets army airmen, [>]
after the war, [>]–[>]
Griffiths, Bob, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
guerrillas, Allied. See also Allies
in Bario, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
in Borneo, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
build airstrip, [>]–[>], [>]
fight Japanese, [>], [>]–[>]
and fugitive airmen, [>]–[>]
Japanese and, [>]
Kelabit and, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
prevent Japanese retreat, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
survival of, [>]–[>]
Harms, (SFC) Alvin, [>], [>]
airlifted out, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
illness, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
as navigator, [>], [>]
Harrington, (Sgt.) Francis "Franny," [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
airlifted out, [>]
bails out, [>], [>], [>], [>]
as gunner, [>], [>]
illness, [>]
and survival, [>]–[>]
Harrisson, (Maj.) Tom, [>], [>]–[>]
background and personality, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
builds airstrip, [>]–[>], [>]
builds guerrilla army, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
captures last Japanese in Borneo, [>]–[>], [>]
and fugitive airmen, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
illness, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Makahanap and, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
orders executions, [>]
after the war, [>]
Haviland, (Cpl.) Eddy, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
airlifted out, [>]–[>]
background and character, [>]
bails out, [>], [>]
as gunner, [>]
injured in attack, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
at "Polecat Gulch," [>], [>], [>]–[>]
after the war, [>]
head feast
at Long Berang, [>]–[>]
at Long Metuil, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
headhunting, Dayaks and, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Henry, Driver Philip, [>]–[>]
Hirst, Reuben, [>]
Iban, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
Illerich, (Cpl.) Dan, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
airlifted out, [>]
background and character, [>]–[>], [>]
bails out, [>]–[>]
helps build airstrip, [>]
meets Dayaks, [>]–[>], [>]
at "Polecat Gulch," [>], [>], [>]–[>]
as radio operator, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
receives B.E.M., [>]
and survival, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
after the war, [>]–[>], [>]
Japanese
Allied guerrillas fight, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
attack and kill naval airmen, [>]–[>]
harsh practices of, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
hatred and fear of, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
hunt for Lagan, [>]–[>]
hunt fugitive airmen, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
Lagan takes heads of, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
in Long Berang, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Lun Dayeh make war on, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Makahanap fears, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Makahanap makes war on, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Malays kill, [>]–[>] occupation of Borneo, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
refuse to surrender, [>]–[>]
take Lun Dayeh hostages, [>], [>]–[>]
Japanese Navy, [>], [>]
Javanese, [>], [>]
Jones, Spike, [>]
jungle, conditions in, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Kelabit. See also Dayaks
and Allied guerrillas, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Kemah Injil (Gospel Tent, church of), [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
ken kanrikan, [>]–[>]
as Japanese regional
administrator, [>]
Makahanap manipulates, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Kibung
as fugitive, [>]–[>], [>]
looks after Capin, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Knoch, (Cpl.) Jim, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
airlifted out, [>]–[>], [>]
background and character, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
bails out, [>], [>]
draws gun on Phil, [>]–[>], [>]
as flight engineer, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
illness, [>]
at "Polecat Gulch," [>], [>]
trains guerrillas, [>], [>]
after the war, [>]–[>], [>] Knoch, Maggie, [>]–[>]
Koh, Thomas, [>]
Kun, Ah, [>]–[>]
Labang, David, [>]
Labang, Lian, [>]–[>]
Labuan Island, airstrip on, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Lagan (pangeran), [>]–[>], [>]
assists airmen, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Japanese hunt for, [>]–[>]
makes war on Japanese, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
takes Japanese heads, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Lasong Piri ( pangeran), [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Lawai Bisara (penghulu), and
Allied guerrillas, [>]–[>], [>]
Leyte Gulf, Battle of, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Long, (W.O.) Bob, [>]–[>]
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