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. Merrill's Marauders on the top of a hill overlooking Myitkyina. Glider reinforcement operations show U.S. Army Air Force airplanes towing gliders over Myitkyina. Gliders and transport airplanes being attacked during landings. Allied troops and Merrill's Marauders advance and fire guns toward Japanese troops. Soldiers fire machine guns. Fighter airplanes in flight overhead. Artillery is fired.
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.
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.
Recognition of French partisans, by Commanding General of U.S. 7th Army, in Saint-Tropez, France during World War 2. Awards, commendations and citations to FFI (French Forces of the Interior) in a town square. Commanding General of U.S. 7th Army, Major General Alexander Patch, awards the Silver Star to the leader of FFI, Marc Rainaut. A band plays.
U.S. soldiers talk with French partisans in Saint-Tropez, France during World War II. The leader of the FFI (French Forces of the Interior) M. Marc Rainaut and Mme. Nicole Celebonovitch, a member of the FFI converse with U.S. Pvt (Private) Winifred D. Eason (Atlanta, Georgia) of the 509th Parachute Battalion, whose life was saved by the partisans.
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.
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