490th Bombardment Squadron Memorial - Lackland AFB, Texas - Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

B-25 Mitchell

To the Men of the 490th Bombardment
Squadron,  Medium, China-Burma-India
Sept. 15, 1942 - Nov. 2, 1945

Renowned in C-B-I as the "Burma Bridge Busters",  the men of the 490th utilized the B-25 to destroy vital supply lines of the invading Japanese Army.  Plagued by primitive living conditions, torrential monsoons, malaria and limited navigational aids, they persevered to contain the enemy's forward advances.  As a result of this action, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was able to complete the Burma Road and an essential fuel pipe line from India to China.  The completion of these strategic carriers resulted directly in the shortening the war in C-B-I.

ALTHOUGH A VICTORY WAS WON, THE LIVE OF
MANY 490TH PERSONNEL WERE LOST.  THOSE OF
US WHO SURVIVED SALUTE THOSE OF YOU WHO
DIED.  YOU WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN.

Dedicated this 30th day of March, 1990.

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