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...Southeast Asia Commander Admiral the Lord Louis Mountbatten made his boldest move since arriving in the Far East five months ago. Some 150 miles south of Stilwell, near the key Japanese base of Myitkyina he sent U.S.-manned gliders and troop transports, filled with British Indian troops, to land back of enemy lines. It was the first Allied airborne operation of the Asiatic...
Admiral the Lord Louis Mountbatten, handsome, debonair Allied chief for Southeast Asia, slapped in the left eye by a stalk of bamboo while on a jeep tour of the Burma front, was treated for a minor face...
...Once an officer on Stilwell's boss Mountbatten's staff rushed in: "Good news, General! We've got two expert planners coming from the Middle East." Growled Stilwell: "Send 'em back and get me two foot soldiers...
...Ledo Road. Purpose of Uncle Joe Stilwell's latest drive-460 miles northeast of Mountbatten's southward push toward Akyab-is to march across northern Burma over some of the world's cruelest, most miasmic terrain, clearing Japs from the path of the new Ledo Road which hopefully will connect with the old Burma Road. Thus eventually a route to China may be opened to supplement supply by airplanes flying the "hump...
...list of World War II specialists in close combat-Edson's and Carlson's Marine Raiders, British Brigadier Orde Charles Wingate's Raiders, Mountbatten's Commandos, U.S. Army Rangers-another was added last week. It was Merrill's Marauders, first U.S. foot soldiers to fight on the continent of Asia...