American GIs examine small Japanese fragmentation bomb in China on November 13th, 1942.
2nd Lt. Nicholas Marich (sometimes spelled Marick) and 2nd Lt. Joseph W. Cunningham returned to American bases after having spent three days behind Japanese lines evading capture after their B-25 bomber was shot down on October 25, 1942 about 25 miles north-west of Hong Kong, China. They were only two of six crew who escaped (1st Lt. Howard C. Allers, 2nd Lt. Murray L. Lewis, Sgt. Paul C. Webb, and Sgt. James N. Young were captured by the Japanese). Here they are in Guilin examining a Japanese bomb brought back from the scene of the crash that the Japanese had dropped on the downed bomber. Left to right: 2nd Lt. Joseph W. Cunningham, Lt. Herbert Morgan, Col. Merian C. Cooper, 2nd Lt. Nicholas Marich, and Major Edward Rector.
2nd Lt. Nicholas Marich was later killed in a training accident in India.
In the CBI during WWII.