That environment shaped his belief that “killing wouldn't solve anything.” He resolved, however, to assist against the threat of the Axis powers.
In the ambulance unit, Murphey and an international group of men drove old, charcoal-powered Chevrolet trucks throughout southwest China with medical supplies.
[1] Professor Murphey wrote or co-authored a dozen books on the history and geography of China and South Asia.
The Outsiders: Westerners in India and China (1977) won an award for best book of the year by the University of Michigan Press.
[4] As a driver for the British Ambulance Corps in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War, Murphey traveled to Kunming, Chongqing, Yan'an, Hanoi, Hong Kong and Shanghai and met Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong.