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.
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. Wounded men are carried from ambulances to the interior of the hospital. A wounded soldier lies on a stretcher. A tag of a soldier. Men carry an imitation cake made of cardboard and decorated with candles to a patient. The patient blows out the candles and uncovers the cake to discover presents.
Wounded men of 'B' Battalion of U.S. 5307th Composite Unit (nicknamed Merrill's Marauders) being treated at U.S. 20th General Hospital in Assam, India during World War II. Wounded soldiers are treated for wounds by nurses and doctors. A doctor dresses an arm of a soldier. A wound on the back of a soldier is treated by a doctor.
United States Army Air Force 80th Fighter Group 10th operates in Assam, India during World war II. An animated map shows places. U.S. soldiers carrying a bomb in a jeep advance towards an airfield. A United States Army Air Force P-40 aircraft parked on the airfield. Trees in the background. The soldiers convert depth charges to bombs. They load the bomb in the bomb bay of the airplane. The aircraft takes off from the airfield. Aircraft in flight.
A training film on life of people of India during World War II. An American officer instructs Indian troops in Assam. The troops are taught tactics of hand-to-hand combat. Huts and carts in an area. People sitting outside the huts. A bridge over a waterway. People walking on the bridge. Soldiers walking in a street. Trees along the sides of the street. The soldiers seated on the ground. They get up as an officer arrives and instructs them.
A training film on life of people of India during World War II. Huts on a farm. Men seated at a desk and writing. Other men enter a hut. Men seated at a desk in the hut and working. Some of the men standing in a farm. They are taught tactics by officers and are taught the use of various equipment.