WWII Burma - Nampadaung - Taunggyi Push, ca 08Aug44

Burma, Merrill’s Marauders on Nampadaung Push - Aug44 Men pulling mules across muddy swamp. Army truck stuck in mud & abandoned. Burmese leading pack horses across swollen river beside guide-line. Merrill’s Mauraders. 00:32:07 Men bailing water beside river w/ buckets. Army trucks fording river. Men pulling raft into shore; pulling raft loaded w/ gear across river w/ ropes. LS of horese or mules crossing. Men crossing small stream on foot bridge. Indians & others buildign road bridge for trucks. Sawing beams. Truck stuck in mud. Men pushing carts thru mud. Line of men walking thru mud. Wounded carried on litters. 00:34:55 Inspecting Japanese abandoned anti-aircraft guns. 00:35:17 Men beside destroyed railway tracks w/ abandoned trucks alongside. Small stream after flood w/ bodies, bones & bodies. 00:36:22 Men leading pack mules. Abandoned Japanese artillery, overturned. Men move past destroyed railway cars & camera in MCU. 00:37:56 Men reach campsite, rest & clean guns. Inispect abandoned houses. Parachute caught in tree. Men loading pack animals, move up road past camera. GOOD. WWII Pacific; Weather; Mud; Salween River (?); 1944; Asia;