A military film report on the advance of members of U.S. Army 5307th Composite Unit nicknamed Merrill's Marauders towards Myitkyina, Burma for its capture during World War II. Merrill's Marauders on the top of a hill overlooking Myitkyina. Glider reinforcement operations show U.S. Army Air Force airplanes towing gliders over Myitkyina. Gliders and transport airplanes being attacked during landings. Allied troops and Merrill's Marauders advance and fire guns toward Japanese troops. Soldiers fire machine guns. Fighter airplanes in flight overhead. Artillery is fired.
A military film report on the capture of Myitkyina airfield in Myitkyina, Burma by U.S. Army 5307th Composite Unit nicknamed Merrill's Marauders during World War II. A trooper sets up a sign which reads 'Los Angeles City Limits'. U.S. Army Air Force airplanes taxi and land on a muddy airstrip. U.S. Army General Joseph Stilwell deplanes and congratulates Commander of 5307th Composite Unit General Frank Merrill. A letter on a bulletin board thanking U.S. OSS (Officer of Strategic Services) Detachment 101 for providing services during the capture of Myitkyina airfield.
Commander of U.S. forces in the Southeast Asian Theater General Joseph Stilwell returns to Burma during World War II. Commander of 38th Division of Chinese Army Lieutenant General L.J. Sun gets out of a United States Army Air Force L-4 Grasshopper aircraft. General "Vinegar Joe" Joseph Stilwell deplanes from Stinson L-5 serial number 42-98113 of the 71st Liaison Squadron. General Stilwell, wearing his famous campaign hat, shakes hands and talks with the Chinese officer.
Chinese and American soldiers carry supplies on front lines in Burma during World War II. Chinese soldiers open crates dropped by U.S. Army Air Force C-47 Skytrain transport aircraft. The soldiers lift 74mm gun parts from a crate with poles. They examine the gun parts. An ammunition box tied with a rope. American soldiers carry supplies from individual boxes.
Chinese soldiers in Burma during World War II. Chinese soldiers carry supplies. A Chinese rifleman aims in a dugout. A Chinese soldier holds a bayonet. A U.S. Army Air Force aircraft pases overhead. Chinese soldiers dig out weeds.
Evacuation of 'B' Battalion of U.S. 5307th Composite Unit ( nicknamed Merrill's Marauders) from Myitkyina, Burma to Ledo airstrip in Assam, India during World War II. A U.S. Army Air Force C-47 transport aircraft lands at Ledo airstrip in Assam. Litter cases are carried from the airplane to a clearing station. Ambulatory patients walk from the airplane to the clearing station. A soldier receives a hospital tag. Wounded ambulatory patients get into ambulances. An ambulance pulls away from a loading area.
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