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I have been working on the research for this project for the entirety of my Graduate career. It began as a recognition of a lack of research on the China-Burma-India Theater during the Second World War. My research then aimed at discussing the economics and construction of the Burma Road, something much more in tune for a full research paper. Over the last year, my research, finally, turned to uncovering a part of the story of those that supplied this theater of combat. The primary focus being on the fact that both the Chinese and Americans used the idea of reopening the Burma Road as a political tool. China would continually threaten to pull out of the war if they did not receive more supplies. The Americans would continue to put resources into the theater in the aim of reopening the Burma Road, while transporting via an airlift. In doing this I have uncovered a shocking lack of research that has ever been done on this topic. The written histories on this topic go back to a few secondary sources written just after the war by the U.S. Government. This has not only created a standard narrative, but a hindrance on what can be discussed within my own research. Thus, this project has become research into a lack of research on the war in the China-Burma-India Theater, with a focus on supply. It is my hope that this project, though small, may inspire a museum or historical society to create a permanent exhibition around the people that worked in and around this vastly unknown theater within the Second World War.