Colonel Seagrave operates on wounded people at a field hospital in Burma. Wounded people are taken in an ambulance plane. Plane fly over hilly terrains. Scenes of mountainous terrain. Trucks moving on road. Troopers land.
Tree falls during construction of Ledo Road in World War 2. Aerial view of Ledo Road construction. United States General Joseph Stilwell and Colonel Lewis A. Pick closely watch the construction of the Ledo Road. A bulldozer push away soil in jungle roadwork. Truck drives on muddy road. A bulldozer pushes a fallen tree away. Chinese infantry arrive in Assam, India to help defend construction of the Ledo Road to China. Chinese soldiers wearing both United States and British military helmets marching. Chinese soldier fires artillery. Chinese soldiers move through jungle, shoots at Japanese invaders.
African American soldiers of 45th Engineer Regiment share pinup photos of Lena Horne outside a tent at mile marker 164, Ledo Road, near Tingkawk Burma during World War II. A sign on the tent reads, "The Yard Bards." One soldier kisses the pinup photo. Another African American soldier gets a haircut from an African American barber while reading the "India-Burma-Theater-Roundup" newspaper. Headline on newspaper reads, "Worst Week of War for Japanese as Nazi Western Front Cities Burn."
The Ledo-Burma road shown on animated map of China and India. The Ledo Road or Stilwell road (named after General Joseph Stilwell) under construction. Chinese man takes picture. Workers fall trees. Crane uproots tree and clears the area of debris. Rocks blasted and bridge built. Chinese engineers work inside a large pipe.
U.S. 5307th Composite Unit en route to Burma. U.S. 1st Battalion near Hell's Gate lead pack mules over the Ledo Road. Soldiers pass a sign board which reads: 'God be with you', 'Welcome to Borderville' and 'Pangsau pass'. Brigadier General Frank Merrill watches the troops crossing into Burma.
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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