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| | Lee Hamilton -- WWII pilot who flew the Himalayan 'Hump' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02) |
 | | It was the forgotten war, the little known China-Burma-India theater of World War II, and Lee Hamilton was in the thick of it, flying C-46 air transports on 104 roundtrip missions over the Himalayas to resupply the beleaguered Chinese forces fighting the Japanese. |
 | | Hamilton, who would use a wheelchair for the rest of his life, went back to school, finishing up at Golden Gate University in San Francisco, his son said, and then embarked on a business career as a controller and accountant. |
 | | Hamilton is survived by a daughter, Cyndy Hardy of Portland, Ore.; three sons, Bill of Napa, Doug of Santa Barbara and Kim of Piedmont; nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. |
| www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/05/09/BAG8T6IJCO1.DTL (909 words) |
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