"I matured faster, becoming wiser sooner in the ways of the world than had I remained at home." (Memoir: A G.I. Odyssey, page 23)

John Aubrey Enman, Jr.

Enman, after photographing architectural sites in the Delhi area. Canning Road Barracks, New Delhi, India. 1945 [detail] War: World War, 1939-1945 Branch: Army Air Forces/Corps Unit: 2nd Photo Procurement Detachment Service Location: Algeria; North Africa; India; United States Rank: Sergeant Place of Birth: MA

John Enman's memoirs of his service in World War II read more like travelogues. His assignment, to secure and process aerial photographs in the China-Burma-India Theater, took him to India. He spent 18 months there, and though he didn't witness combat first-hand, he was privy to another fierce battle, the political struggle over the future of China involving Chiang Kai-Shek and General Joseph Stilwell.