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Chinese and American troops battle Japanese forces as they proceed along the Ledo road in the China-Burma-India theater of operations in World War II
On Christmas Eve, 1943,during World War 2, the Chinese 38th and 22nd Divisions are seen marching along a road toward North Burma. A regiment of Merrill's Marauders is seen joining the march from India through Burma. (Narrator says they will engage the Japanese 18th Division.) Along the line of march a road sign reads,"Shinbwiyang, Mile 110." Numerous views of troops struggling through jungles and natural obstacles. They employ pack animals that sometimes had difficulty in rough terrain. Animated map shows the route from Ledo, Assam, India, to the places of Chinese and American engagement with Japanese forces, in the Hukawng Valley. U.S. troops are seen moving under fire from Japanese enemy during active combat and returning fire with rifles, Browning M 1917, and M 1919 machine guns. Some of Merrill's Marauders wear standard M1 steel combat helmets, while others wear older M1917A1 "Kelly" helmets. One is seen firing a Bren gun with top-mounted curved box magazine. Others fire mortars. Chinese troops seen firing small artillery pieces. M3A3 Stuart light tanks of the joint Chinese-American 1st Provisional Tank Group (1st PTG) are seen with infantry walking behind them. Next, Allied casualties on litters are seen being placed in an ambulance. Numerous wounded are seen on the ground. Chinese troops carry a wounded on a litter. Views of Japanese soldiers being burned out of their hiding places by Chinese troops. Numerous views of dead Japanese soldiers. Scene shifts to air support by U.S. Army Air transport command providing aerial resupply from C-47 transport aircraft. C-47 aircraft seen flying over jungles. Monitors at a headquarters location are seen charting the changing positions of the Allied troops on the ground. View in a warehouse where air drop ready supplies are stored. Numerous views of supplies of all kinds being readied for air drop, including mail for the troops. Shipments being loaded aboard a transport airplane. C-47 airplane taxiing out after loading. Troops on the ground in radio contact with a transport plane. A long sequence ensues showing aerial resupply air drops from C-47 transport planes. After that, medical personnel are seen on the ground providing care to seriously wounded under difficult circumstances. Closeup of a surgeon tending to a patient. Many wounded seen on the ground awaiting attention and others in tents. A wounded on litters are transferred from an ambulance to an airplane. A woman nurse with other medics transferring patients. View inside an airplane set up for air evacuation. A nurse gives a wounded patient some water to drink. At a location unreachable by larger transport airplanes, a wounded soldier is placed aboard a single engine Stinson L-5 Sentinel liaison airplane which is then seen taking off and flying away. Animated map shows progress of Chinese troops on the Ledo road.
General Stilwell watches as injured Chinese soldiers are brought to makeshift hospital in Burma (WW2)
Medics carry Chinese casualties on stretchers to a makeshift hospital in Northern Burma during World War II. U.S. General Joseph Stilwell looks at the wounded being brought in. British surgeon Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Seagrave treats wounded Nationalist Chinese casualty. Army doctors and Burmese nurses treating casualties at a makeshift hospital. Wounded soldiers being brought in at night. A Burmese nurse talks to a patient. Gordon Seagrave treats a patient. An army doctor tucks a patient. Wounded Nationalist Chinese soldier smoking cigarette. A patient sleeps on his stomach in a hammock in Ledo, Assam, India.
U.S. B-25 Mitchell bomber takes off from Assam to drop U.S. Office of War Information leaflets on Japanese troops in Burma.
Dropping of U.S. OWI (Office of War Information) leaflets by U.S. plane on retreating Japanese troops in Burma during World War II. U.S. Army Air Forces B-25 Mitchell bomber parked on airfield in Burma. Propellers turning. B-25 taxis and takes off from airstrip. B-25 flies over Burmese jungle.
U.S. OWI (Office of War Information) leaflets are loaded aboard U.S. Army Air Forces B-25 Mitchell plane in Assam.
Preparation and dropping of U.S. OWI (Office of War Information) leaflets by U.S. plane on retreating Japanese troops in Burma during World War II. U.S. army jeep crosses airfield to waiting U.S. Army Air Forces B-25 Mitchell bomber in Assam. Crew being briefed on mission. Leaflets are being unloaded from jeep and loaded aboard B-25. Pilot in cockpit of plane. Two U.S. officers talk outside a building.