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Combat Bulletin #39 Incendiary Bombing Tests, etc., 1945
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Combat Bulletin #39 "Incendiary Bombing Tests, etc., 1945." Combat activities in early January, 1945. Title cards: Mediterranean: Island Airport In Axis Waters U.S.A.: Experimental Activities Of AAF India-Burma: Ledo-Burma Road E.T.O: Field Problems Of Western Front M24 Tank Modifications Of M-4 Tank Pacific: Single-Plane Borneo Attacks National Archives description: "Part 1 (SFR only), clusters of incendiary bombs are dropped in tests in India. Part 1 (CB only), U.S. planes are repaired by Yugoslav patriots. Crews sightsee. Part 2 (CB part 3) shows Stilwell Road construction: trees are felled, rock is blasted, and a bridge is built. Part 3 (SFR only), Amb. Hurley presents credentials to Chiang Kai-shek in Chungking (Jan. 8). Chinese troops deplane from U.S. transports near the city. Part 4 (CB part 5, reel 2) introduces the M-24 tank and its modifications and distinguishes it from the M-5 and a similar German tank. Part 5 (CB part 4, reel 2), U.S. troops use a German 20-mm machine gun; bazooka shells are used to blow up road blocks; a "Weasel" lays telephone wire over rough terrain; (Reel 2) a soldier-tailor makes snow camouflage suits that are worn by troops in France; and (SFR o…
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United States. Army
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Combat Bulletin, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Burma, Burma Road (China and Burma), Airplanes, Military, Camouflage (Military science), Flame throwers; Floods, M29C Cargo Carrier, Hurley, Patrick J. (Patrick Jay), 1883-1963, M4 Sherman Tank, B-24 Bomber, Bombing, Aerial, Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975, United States. -- Army -- Engineer Combat Battalion, 238th, United States. -- Army Air Forces -- Air Force, 13th, Air Crews, M24 Chaffee Tank, Oxygen, Tanks (Military science), Rockets (Ordnance), Weasels (Tracklaying vehicle), World War, 1939-1945, World War, 1939-1945 -- Yugoslavia, Douglas DC-3 (Transport Plane), Air Bases
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