The United States flag at half mast in a cemetery. A soldier checks various graves with crosses. He takes off his hat. (World War II period).
Pilots of the 1st Air Commando Group in front of Stinson L-5 Sentinel aircraft. Pilot points out route on a map. L-5 taxis and takes off from field. L-5s parked in the background. L-5 in flight over flat jungle terrain. L-5 performs aerial message pickup by dropping weighted line. L-5 in formation flight at low level. L-5 in flight as seen from other L-5 in air. Identifiable aircraft serial number 42-99446 with 1st Air Commando Group markings. on vertical stabilizer.
Activities of the Allied forces in the China Burma India Theater of World War II. Chinese Premier Chiang Kai Shek and his wife arrive to review troops in ChungKing, China. Chinese nurses and soldiers march as General Chinag Kai Shek reviews the United Nations troops. Troops carry portraits of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin. Commander of China Burma India Theater General Joseph Stilwell arrives after attending a conference in Washington D.C. Reinforcements arrive in India as soldiers carry bags. Allied soldiers smoke with Indian soldiers. A soldier buys bananas from a vendor. In Indian state of Bengal mule pack trains cross Tibet as they carry supplies for China. Mule packs pass through the Himalayas.
A World War II film titled 'Capture of Ramree.' Aboard ship, the Commander, 51st Punjab Regiment, 71st Brigade, briefs his officers about the mission using a map and pointer. U.S Air Force B-24 Liberator bombers drop fragmentation bombs over the island causing thick smoke to rise up. Royal Navy ships bombard the island. British assault troops go ashore from landing craft. Vehicles and artillery pieces are unloaded onto the beach. Out in the water, a British assault craft strikes a mine and blows up. British infantry move through mine clear areas marked with rope lines. They advance towards the war damaged interiors of Kyakpyu town. A wounded Indian soldier is given medical aid. Soldiers occupy the town. A U.S. C-47 aircraft lands bringing U.S. Lieutenant General Raymond A. Wheeler, Deputy Supreme Commander, Southeast Asia, who is met by British Major General Cyril E.N. Lomax, Commander of the 26th Indian Division. The Generals consult together.
Nationalist Chinese troops pass on Bhamo-Namhkan Road, Burma during World War II. Pack mule train of Chinese 30th Division passes over steepest part of the road on their way from Bhamo (Banmaw, Myanmar) to Namkhan. Chinese engineers work on a blown-out bridge.
Nationalist Chinese troops battle Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) forces on the Bhamo-Namhkan Road, Burma during World War II. Soldiers fire 30 caliber water-cooled machine gun. Soldiers load shells in a 60mm mortar. Bren gun being fired in wooded area. 30th Division Chinese soldiers fire Thompson submachine gun.
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