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. A U.S. Army Air Force C-47 Skytrain transport airplanes drop parachute supplies. U.S. Army General Frank Merrill confers with U.S. OSS (Office of Strategic Services) Detachment 101 trained personnel. Merrill's Marauders advance through a jungle and along an open flat field. Dead bodies of Japanese soldiers lying on the field. Merrill's Marauders fire machine guns and mortars towards enemy positions in the jungle. Dead bodies of Japanese soldiers after being attacked by Merrill's Marauders. A wounded man on a stretcher is given water. Wounded soldiers are evacuated.
A military film report on the advance of members of U.S. Army 5307th Composite Unit nicknamed Merrill's Marauders towards Myitkyina, Burma and its capture during World War II. Burmese nurses treat wounded members of Merrill's Marauders. U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel (Dr.) Gordon Seagrave operates on a patient at a field hospital. Japanese prisoners are being questioned by U.S. OSS (Office of Strategic Services) Detachment 101 trained personnel. Japanese prisoners eat.
Artillery fire at Myitkyina airstrip in Burma during World War II. U.S. and Chinese soldiers on the battlefield. Chinese soldiers fire 75mm pack howitzer. Two U.S. soldiers inspect the weapons and advise the gunners.
Captured airfield of Myitkyina during World War II. USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) P-40 Warhawk fighter taxis on airfield. U.S. Army's 5307th Composite Unit nicknamed Merrill's Marauders pull the tail of a P-40 down, a plane which nosed over during landing.
U.S. Merrill's Marauders at captured airfield of Myitkyina during World War II. Soldier of U.S. Army's 5307th Composite Unit nicknamed Merrill's Marauders talks to an elderly woman and son who have returned to the Myitkyina after its recapture by American troops.
Artillery fire at Myitkyina airstrip in Burma during World War II. U.S. and Chinese soldiers on the battlefield. U.S. and Chinese soldiers confer looking at a map. Chinese soldiers with a telephone. A Chinese enlisted man gives orders to fire. A battery of howitzer fires.
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