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.
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.
Commander-General Frank Merrill of U.S. 5307th Composite Unit ( nicknamed Merrill's Marauders) in Burma during World War II. Frank Merrill and his men aboard an aircraft over Burma. Merrill looks through binoculars from the door of the aircraft. Parachute supply sacks are dropped from the aircraft.
British Army's 'Special Force' Chindits comprising of Britishers West Indians, and East Indians in Kamaing, Burma during World War II. A column of Chindits marches through Kamaing to a camp. A group of Chindits rests and eats. Bearded Chindits eat. A group waiting for an ambulance boards the ambulance. One wounded soldier is carried on a stretcher to the ambulance. Indian and West African soldiers. A column of Chindits marches.
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