Frank Merrill Commander-General of U.S. 5307th Composite Unit ( nicknamed Merrill's Marauders) aboard an aircraft in flight over Burma during World War II. Interiors of the airborne aircraft show General Merrill. Merrill's Marauders stand at the doorway of the aircraft. Men prepare to drop parachute supplies.
Commander-General Frank Merrill of U.S. 5307th Composite Unit ( nicknamed Merrill's Marauders) in Burma during World War II. Frank Merrill deplanes and talks to men standing around a jeep. He smokes a pipe while he talks. Merrill talks to a soldier aboard an airplane. Crated supplies aboard the airplane.
Activities of members of U.S. Army's 5307th Composite Unit nicknamed Merrill's Marauders in Burma during World War II. A soldier removes parachute which is snagged on the roof of a supply hut. The soldier carries a damaged chute to clearing, drops it near other chutes. Soldiers stand in the background.
Activities of members of U.S. Army's 5307th Composite Unit nicknamed Merrill's Marauders in Burma during World War II. Soldiers lead pack mules across stream. Wounded soldier is carried on litter on hillside. Plasma is administered to the wounded soldier under hospital tent.
American Army Air Forces transport British forces for operation behind Japanese lines in Burma during World War II. American C-47 planes parked on airfield. British soldiers board the aircraft. Planes in flight. British soldiers seated inside a plane. American soldiers (wearing steel helmets) inside a C-47 transport. C-47s towing gliders. View of British Chindit soldiers inside a glider. The planes being flown over Burmese jungle. Gliders parked at a landing field. U.S. C-47 aircraft landing at the field. American troops exit one C-47 and immediately proceed to assemble a Browning 50 caliber antiaircraft machine gun. A Stinson L-5 liaison aircraft lands on the field.
Activities of the British forces in Burma during World War II. A British Spitfire lands at the Broadway airstrip behind Japanese lines. Two Spitfires parked on the field. Soldiers unload their equipment and supplies from a C-47 (Dakota) transport plane. Soldiers unload a jeep and tractor from the transport plane. A soldier is seen seated in the jeep.