Medics cure patients at 42nd portable surgical hospital in Myitkyina Airdrome, Burma. A wounded soldier on a bed. Surgeon administers anesthetic to soldier's leg. Shell fragment is removed from the wound. The soldier's leg bandaged and plaster cast. Medics take the patient on a stretcher. (World War II period).
Chinese and United States officers sit in a shack in Myitkyina Airdrome, Burma. They consult maps on the table. A soldiers sits with a gun nearby them. Other talks on the phone. A soldier hears a hand radio. Soldiers talk amongst themselves. They point places in the map. Binoculars on the table. (World War II period).
P-40's bomb Japanese installations near airdrome in Myitkyina Airdrome, Burma. P-40 airplane in flight. It flies over a field. An electricity tower in the field. (World War II period).
Securing the capture of Myitkyina airfield by Allied Forces during Burma Campaign of World War II. Allied soldiers at a command post near Myitkyina airfield. Soldiers sitting next to radio equipment. Chinese soldiers lined up awaiting signal at an airfield in India. U.S. 10th Troop Carrier Command C-47 Skytrain transports parked on airfield. Chinese airborne reinforcements and equipment are loaded aboard C-47. C-47s take off and head for Myitkyina. A C-47 lands and delivers Chinese reinforcements on Myitkyina airfield.
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.
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.
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