WWII Theatre Made China Burma India Theatre/CBI Patch, sharpshooter and more!

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WWII Theatre Made China Burma India Theatre/CBI Patch, sharpshooter badge with 5 ladder bars. Bought this lot belonging to Frank Stelle Jamieson of Pennsylvania. Born in 1918. Includes collar disc devices and three books: American's Guide to Hindustani; Useful Hints for Soldiers Arriving in India; Basic Field Manual Soldier's Handbook.  The patch is a bit soiled but stitching is very good. Could be cleaned I imagine but I personally would never do it.
NOTE: Officially established June 22, 1942, theChina-Burma-India Theater of Operations (CBI) is often referred to as theForgotten Theater of World War II. Of the 12,300,000 Americans under arms atthe height of World War II mobilization, only about 250,000 (two percent) wereassigned to the CBI Theater. Relatively few Americans were in combat in the theater.Except for a few stories, CBI did not often make headlines in the newspapersback home. The 12,000 mile supply line, longest of the war, was often last inline for supplies from the United States. Not forgotten to Allied war planners,CBI was important to the overall war strategy. Occupation of Burma in 1942 byJapanese forces cut the last supply line of communication between China and theoutside world. Keeping China in the war was important as it occupied anestimated 800,000 Japanese troops that might have been used elsewhere. Amilitary airlift to supply China was begun although it was generally agreedthat this would not be enough and a land supply route would be needed. A roadfrom Ledo, Assam, India was begun in late 1942. Ledo was chosen because it wasclose to the northern terminus of a rail line from the ports of Calcutta andKarachi. Construction of the Ledo Road was completed in early 1945. Alliedforces in CBI, mostly British, Chinese, and Indian, engaged large numbers ofJapanese troops. America's role in CBI was to support China by providing warmaterials and the manpower to get it to where it was needed. The Flying Tigersfought the Japanese in the air over China and Burma. The Services of Supplymanaged supplies from the U.S. to India and on to China. Army Air Forces flewsupplies Over The Hump from India to China. Merrill's Marauders and the MarsTask Force fought through the jungles of Burma. Army Engineers built the LedoRoad to open up the land supply route.