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1944(Dec) USA 2c Penalty printed oversize envelope “Salvaged Mail for Pvt Harold K. Orr, 82nd Med.Comp., APO 629 ” badly torn open to show fragment of letter & envelope to Pvt Harold K. Orr 33709246, 82nd Medical Composite Unit, c/o 234th General Hospital bearing 3c Defence tied Pittsburgh PA [2 Dec 44] & with unframed Damaged in U.S. Army Plane Accident h/s in black……………..APO 629 was located at Chabua northern India & was part of the China-Burma-India [CBI] theater of operations & this is a remarkable crash item from this exciting and short period of WW2
…….http://cbi-theater-2.home.comcast.net/~cbi-theater-2/hospitals/_cbi_hospitals.html & http://www.cbi-history.com/part_iv_med.html#17