Elephants used by Allies during World War II. In Burma elephant pulls a log of wood. A mahout tries to get on the back of an elephant as he stands on its teeth. Elephant pulls a log of wood. Elephants push a wooden log up a ramp and load it onto a carrier. A baby elephant and its mother at work in the jungle. Two elephants pull and push an Australian Bofors gun up the steep slope of a hill as Australian forces of the British empire guide the effort
U.S. Army General Joseph Stilwell confers with Frank Merrill, Commander-General of U.S. 5307th Composite Unit (nicknamed Merrill's Marauders) in Burma during World War II. Merrill and Stilwell walk along a field and talk. Gliders parked on a field. U.S. Army Air Force aircraft drop parachute supplies. A U.S. Army Air Force light aircraft taxis for a take off from a jungle strip.
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.