Himalayan task

Richard Daniel Harris, a WWII veteran, recalls the time when he flew with supplies for Chinese and US troops. Linda Deng and Zhang Yuan report in Seattle.

At Richard Daniel Harris' apartment in West Seattle, the 96-year-old former pilot describes his joy at hearing about Japan's surrender in World War II while he was midair, at about 16,000 feet.

When you open his logbook and see the details of the treacherous trips he has made over "the hump," or the Himalayans, you realize how adventurous his life has been.