Crisp County GaArchives News.....SGT JOHN A. BRAY JR AT COMMAND BASE INDIA PROMOTED 1944
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WYLIE SHEPPARD JR http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00030.html#0007303 September 8, 2012, 1:32 pm

CORDELE DISPATCH 1944
NO DATE, WW 11
AN AIR TRANSPORT COMMAND BASE,INDIA-
SGT JOHN A BRAY JR., SON OF MR. AND MRS. JOHN A. BRAY, OF 109 8TH AVE., 
CORDELE,GA., WAS PROMOTED RECENTLY TO THE GRADE OF STAFF SARGEANT,IT HAS BEEN 
ANNOUNCED BY BRIG. GENERAL WILLIAM H. TURNER, COMMANDING GENERAL OF THE INDIA 
CHINA DIVISION OF THE AIR TRANSPORT COMMAND.
SGT BRAY HAS SERVED IN THE DIVISION SINCE ,AUGUST, 1943 AND IS AN AQIRPLANE 
MECHANIC KEEPING THE HUGE TRANSPORTS OF THE ICD'S FLYING THEIR REGULAR 
SCHEDULES OVER THE "HUMP". BEFORE ENTERING THE SERVICE IN SEPTEMBER,1942 HE 
WAS EMPLOYED AS A CLERK AT THE MEGAHEE DRUG CO. IN CORDELE. HE IS A GRADUATE 
OF CORDELE HIGH SCHOOL.
THE INDIA CHINA DIVISION HAS BEEN THE ONLY OUTSIDE SOURCE OF SUPPLIES FOR 
ALLIED TROOPS IN CHINA. THE ICD FLIES VITAL WAR MATERIAL OVER THE "HUMP"N 
GIANT TRANSPORTS. THE ROUTE IS CONSIDERED THE WORLD'S MOST DANGEROUS BECAUSE 
OF THE TREACHEROUS FLYING WEATHER AND CRAGGY TERRAIN.

Additional Comments:
MR BRAY TAUGHT ME IN SUNDAY SCHOOL AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. HE WAS AN AUTO 
MECHANIC AT FORD  DEALERSHIP. A FINE MAN

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