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Chinese troops in prone position fire guns and an OSS officer trains them during their training in China Burma India Theater.
Chinese troops trained by OSS (Office of Strategic Services) in China Burma India Theater during World War II. The trainees learn marksmanship. The trainees in prone position aiming at the targets. An OSS officer trains them. Mountains in the background. One by one the troops lay down in prone position and fire while the other look out. The troop lie down in prone position and practice firing. A soldier in prone position firing at the target. The target mounted across a river. The trainees in prone position and aiming at the targets. Two troops in prone position firing guns. A close up of a Chinese troop firing and smiles.
An OSS officer teaches the Chinese troops how to hold a gun during training in China Burma India Theater.
Chinese troops trained by OSS (Office of Strategic Services) in China Burma India Theater during World War II. The troops seated in a circle. An OSS officer stands in center. Another officer comes and hands over a gun to the officer. A Chinese troop comes forward. The officer teaches them how to hold a gun. The troop show him. All the trainees practice the same.
Chinese troops carry guns and advance and an OSS officer fire a gun during a training in China Burma India Theater.
Chinese troops trained by OSS (Office of Strategic Services) in China Burma India Theater during World War II. The troops carry guns and move out of a building. An OSS officer hidden in grasses fire a gun. The Chinese troops advance in the background. The troops run and lie down in prone position. They fire guns. The troops one by one jump from a wall and advance. They enter a town. The troops advancing. Stacks of hay and the troops hidden in the hay.
Chinese troops practice Calisthenics and dig a pit during training in China Burma India Theater.
Chinese troops trained by OSS (Office of Strategic Services) in China Burma India Theater during World War II. A troop stands holding flags and practice Calisthenics and others look on. The Chinese troops advance in the grassy area. They carry shovels and an OSS officer instructs them. A trainee digs a pit and removes dirt. The troops in camouflaged hat hidden in bushes. They advance slowly. A trainee in a camouflaged hat hidden behind bushes and advances holding a gun.
The Chinese troops practice various exercises and swim in a river during their training in China Burma India Theater.
Chinese troops trained by OSS (Office of Strategic Services) in China Burma India Theater during World War II. The troops go through physical training The troops stand in formation and practice various exercises to strengthen themselves. They swim in a river and come out running . The gun targets . The holes increasing in the target. A close up of an OSS officer.
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.