Twenty-three soldiers were assigned to US Army Rest Camp #7, Ranikhet, for 15 days off. And my ancestor had 20 days leave where he would encounter a life-changing event.
Soldiers named:
| RANK | NAME |
| 1LT | BARTLEY E ARRINGTON |
| CPL | PAUL W NIELSON |
| PFC | CHARLEY S KIRBY |
| SSGT | GODFREY J RHODES |
| SGT | KENNETH L CAPLINGER |
| CPL | CARL L FLACK JR |
| CPL | LOUIS SLAVIN |
| PFC | ROBERT W OLSEN |
| CPT | FLOYD M JONES |
| 2LT | HARVEY C REIBER |
| CPL | JOSEPH J ZIEMIANEK |
| PFC | ALFRED A CABELLO |
| 1LT | RALSTEN C LEWIS |
| PFC | ERNEST M TVETEN |
| MAJ | EARL D HARTMAN |
| SGT | THOMAS E MORROW |
| PFC | ROBERT W MCNALLY |
| 1LT | JOHN J KINSELLA |
| CPL | LUCIUS B JACKSON |
| PFC | DIWELL WILLS |
| SGT | HAZEN O BAIRD |
| CPL | ROBERT M STONG |
| TEC5 | EDWIN L SCHUSTER |
| SSGT | BENJAMIN F IRVIN |
| SGT | EMIL F GARLEWICZ |
| SGT | JAMES E LIVENGOOD |
| PFC | OLIN E ALEXANDER |
| CPL | LOUIS VASCONI JR |
| PFC | RICHARD W KARTH |
| PFC | MARTIN R SCHILL |
| PVT | BRUCE H OSBORNE |
| TEC4 | MURRAY WALDRON |
| TEC5 | WARREN M FILLOON |
| TEC4 | RAYMOND B VAN DUSEN |
| TEC5 | WALTER B MORIO |
| SSGT | HARDEY W YOUNG |
| PVT | WILLIAM PAYNE JR |
| TEC4 | TEDDY C MUSIC |
| PFC | HENRY M HUDGINS |
| SGT | JOSEPH D GUCCIARDO |
| PFC | JAMES A HOPPER |
| SGT | OSCAR C NIXON |
| TEC5 | DWAYNE B GALLENTINE |
| CPL | WILLIAM H SIRRINE |
| TEC5 | JACK D SPRINGSTEAD |
| SGT | ROSCOE J LONG |
A copy of Special Orders #128, Headquarters, Bengal Air Depot, APO 492, dtd 11 Jul 1945
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| A Place to Go in Simla in August, 1945 |
