Freedom Park in Charlotte in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

C.B.I.

1941 • 1945

C.B.I. Marker (front side) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, July 28, 2026

1. C.B.I. Marker (front side)

Inscription.
(Front side)
The members of the Metrolina Basha China-Burma-India Veterans Assoc. remember with honor the valor and sacrifice of their comrades who served in the CBI Theatre in World War II. They remember the pilots and crews who flew the Himalaya Mountains. The hump from the Assam airbases in East India with vitally needed supplies for the Chinese Nationalist forces, and the American Air Forces in China. They remember the gallant men of Merrill's Marauders who penetrated Japanese-held Burma and fought ferociously in a savage jungle to defeat the enemy ard secure vital land and airbases to carry the war closer to Japanese territory. They remember the pilots and crews of the bomber squadrons who delivered their deadly cargo to the enemy and the ground crews who kept the planes flying. They remember the Flying Tigers who held the enemy at bay for several months before the United States entered the fight and their descendant fighter squadrons throughout the CBI who rendered important service in strafing and bombing missions and knocking the enemy from the skies. They remember the life-saving doctors and the brave women of

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the nursing corps who brought tenderness and loving care to sick and wounded soldiers. They remember the men who worked on and drove supplies over the Ledo-Burma road to China. They remember the men of the O.S.S. in Burma, the Air Commando units, the Combat Cargo and Troop Carrier squadrons Search and Rescue units, the Combat Engineers, the Signal Corps and the Communications units, and they remember all their other comrades who worked on the flight lines, the docks, the pipelines in the operations offices and the filthy jungle many had to live and fight in as compatriots in the cause of liberty for all mankind.

(Back side) "When you go home
Tell them of us and say
For their tomorrow
We gave out today."

Quote from a memorial in the British Military Cemetery. Kohima Battlefield Nagaland Province, India

Erected 2000 by Metrolina Basha C.B.I. Veterans Association.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.

Location. 35° 11.459′ N, 80° 50.61′ W. Memorial is in Charlotte, North Carolina, in Mecklenburg County. It is in Freedom Park. It can be reached

C.B.I. Marker (back side) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, July 28, 2026

2. C.B.I. Marker (back side)

from the intersection of Cumberland Avenue and Lilac Road, on the left when traveling south. Located along the walking trail north of Freedom Park Lake, just downhill from Mahlon Adams Pavilion. Access via the west parking lot or street parking along Princeton Ave to the south. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 2435 Cumberland Ave, Charlotte NC 28209, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in North Carolina’s Piedmont.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: D-Day Monument (a few steps from this marker); U.S. Marine Corps (within shouting distance of this marker); Freedom Park (within shouting distance of this marker); Dr. Herbert Spaugh, Bishop

C.B.I. Marker looking to the steps descending from the Mahlon Adams Pavilion image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, July 28, 2026

3. C.B.I. Marker looking to the steps descending from the Mahlon Adams Pavilion

(within shouting distance of this marker); Trees Charlotte (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Dwight D. Eisenhower/ Gerald R. Ford (about 400 feet away); a different marker also named Freedom Park (about 500 feet away); The North Carolina Liberty Tree (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Charlotte.

Credits. This page was last revised on August 15, 2026. It was originally submitted on August 10, 2026, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 14 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 10, 2026, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.