Relocating to Liangshan
On January 21, 1945, the 3rd Bomb Squadron began its move to Liangshan. Transporting everything that could not be carried aboard the B-25s, three separate details of enlisted men left Peishiyi to transfer squadron equipment and supplies by truck, sampan, and river steamer. Their new airfield was located about forty-five miles due west of Wanhsien (Wanzhou), the largest nearby town on the upper reaches of the Yangtze, and just north of a small mountain range. My father, then Sgt. James H. (“Hank”) Mills, clearly remembered the journey and described it many years afterward. Others have also shared their recollections of it, as well as of Liangshan Field that became their base of operations after their arrival.