Commander of U.S. forces in the Southeast Asian Theater General Joseph Stilwell returns to Burma during World War II. Commander of 38th Division of Chinese Army Lieutenant General L.J. Sun gets out of a United States Army Air Force L-4 Grasshopper aircraft. General "Vinegar Joe" Joseph Stilwell deplanes from Stinson L-5 serial number 42-98113 of the 71st Liaison Squadron. General Stilwell, wearing his famous campaign hat, shakes hands and talks with the Chinese officer.
Chinese and American soldiers carry supplies on front lines in Burma during World War II. Chinese soldiers open crates dropped by U.S. Army Air Force C-47 Skytrain transport aircraft. The soldiers lift 74mm gun parts from a crate with poles. They examine the gun parts. An ammunition box tied with a rope. American soldiers carry supplies from individual boxes.
Chinese soldiers in Burma during World War II. Chinese soldiers carry supplies. A Chinese rifleman aims in a dugout. A Chinese soldier holds a bayonet. A U.S. Army Air Force aircraft pases overhead. Chinese soldiers dig out weeds.
Evacuation of 'B' Battalion of U.S. 5307th Composite Unit ( nicknamed Merrill's Marauders) from Myitkyina, Burma to Ledo airstrip in Assam, India during World War II. A U.S. Army Air Force C-47 transport aircraft lands at Ledo airstrip in Assam. Litter cases are carried from the airplane to a clearing station. Ambulatory patients walk from the airplane to the clearing station. A soldier receives a hospital tag. Wounded ambulatory patients get into ambulances. An ambulance pulls away from a loading area.
Evacuation of 'B' Battalion of U.S. 5307th Composite Unit (nicknamed Merrill's Marauders) from Myitkyina, Burma to U.S. 20th General Hospital in Assam, India during World War II. Members of Merrill's Marauders with long beards pose for a photographer while seated outside the hospital building. Soldiers talk to each other. Patients on stretchers are carried out of U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 Skytrain. Ambulances arrive at U.S. 20th General Hospital. Men are either carried or walk from ambulances to the hospital.
Captured airfield of Myitkyina during World War II. Japanese steamroller is towed across airfield. U.S. Army Air Forces aircraft parked in the background.
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