John E. Ausland papers, 1941-1975.

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John E. Ausland papers, 1941-1975.

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Contains the following types of materials: memoirs, photographs. Contains information pertaining to the following war: World War II (WWII). Contains information pertaining to the following military unit: Transportation Corps, Corps of Engineers. General description of the collection: The John E. Ausland papers consists of three of his memoirs and an article written by his assistant. Chapter titles of the untitled memoir, which covers the period November 1941-June 1942, are: 1. Our host had three wives; 2. Christmas in Rangoon; 3. Railway south of the clouds: Yunnan-Burma; 4. We are the father; 5. The Australian lion, British in Burma, Americans in Burma; and 6. The fall of Burma. Also present is his Alaskan memoir, RAILWAY NORTH OF THE CLOUDS: WHITE PASS AND YUKON, 1942-1943; and his memoir, THIS WAR TO ME: MOSTLY RAILROAD, 1943-1944. The article written in 1975 by his assistant, Nevin Wetzel, in China is untitled. The memoirs are illustrated with black and white photographs.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7661742

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Yunnan-Burma Railroad.

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Wetzel, Nevin.

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Ausland, John E., 1896-1975

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John E. Ausland was a United States (U.S.) Army soldier. He served in the U.S. Marines in Europe in World War I (WWI). In 1941, he received an Army commission and was assigned as advisor to the Chinese on railroad construction in Burma and China. After the fall of Burma in 1942, he served successively in Alaska, the Mediterranean Theater, and again in China. Following World War II, he published portions of his memoirs in veterans' and railroading publications. He died in Palo Alto, California, i...

United States. Army. Military Railway Service

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