From the August 15, 2021, Wilmington (N.C.) Star-News " 'Bonded together forevermore': Honoring Wilmington's World War II heroes" by Wilbur D. Jones Jr..
Three Wilmington Navy men served withy the Sino-American Cooperative Organization, better-known as the "Rice Paddy Navy." They were a group of guerillas, intelligence agents and weather observers operating behind Japanese lines.
They included Yeoman 1st Class Marvin Murphy
Boatswains Mate 1st Class G.C. West
W.S. Rourk
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Captain Skinny Pennington flew C-54 cargo transports over the "Hump" (Himalayas) along the "Aluminum Trail" (so-named because of the wreckage of crashed aircraft) into China from India.
Donald Whelpley served 18 months with the "Flying Tigers" P-40 fighter squadrons.
Of course, if you want to know anything about Wilmington, N.C., in the war, M r. Jones is the man to see.
--GreGen
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