I know Calcutta was full of American soldiers. We had their car depot in the front of our house on one side and on the other wide was a PX and the Hindusthan building was occupied by the U.S. Army. it was the military business centre and contained a post office, radio station, officers mess and living quarters, signal offices etc. The Americans also took over the Calcutta Boys School in Dum Dum and the Karnani Estates was converted into hotel for them. The streets were full of GIs. Look at the following link of photographs taken by the GI's in Calcutta in 1945 http://oldsite.library.upenn.edu/etext/sasia/calcutta1947/ Enjoy the photographs Joyce Munro On Behalf Of Peter Bailey Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 10:00 AM To: india-british-raj@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] American army bases in India during theBritishraj Esther wrote: > Does anyone have information on the American army bases in India working > for > the British Military during the British Raj? Were there American army > based

G'day folks, On 26/03/2008, at 9:19 PM, MunroZoo wrote: > I know Calcutta was full of American soldiers. La Martiniere for Boys was taken over by the Americans as a hospital. They installed a lift in the building which was still there when I attended LMC in 1947 - 1949. ooroo If you don't hear the knock of opportunity - build a door. Anon.

Thankyou to all who replied to my queries about the American army based in allahabad during British Raj. allahabad has a good contonement area, can anyone help me with the regiments that were based in Allahabad during the years 1940-1947. After the independentce of India in 1947 did these British Military regiments move away and went back with the British? Thankyou very much Esther