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The Burma Road


48 posted on 03/27/2013 8:21:13 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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Merrill's Marauders on the Ledo road


52 posted on 03/27/2013 8:23:17 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: mylife; LUV W; ConorMacNessa; SandRat; BIGLOOK; Jet Jaguar; left that other site; MeekMom; ...
Sometime in mid-August we started for Eastern China via truck convoy. The war seemed to be winding down so we assumed we were headed for Shanghai. We would drive maybe 150-250 miles per day and stop at convoy stops for the night. Chinese drivers are not thrilled with steep slopes on the side of the road. If there is a steep cut bank they will drive up against the cut even though it may be on the wrong side of the road.

In meeting with a Chinese driver, one of our weapons carriers was pushed over the bank. It ended up about 250 feet down from the road with the driver still in it, with his foot caught under the brake pedal. The Chinese that gathered around thought it was all a fun event, laughing mightily when we would toss equipment aside to get the driver out. They have very little concept for life evidently because they have such a high birth rate. The driver only had a sprained ankle and lots of bruises. In stopping at one convoy stop there were two Chinese boys, aged about 10-12, tied to a power pole and guarded by an MP. In asking what was going on, we were told that these two attempted to hold-up a 23 truck Army convoy. The reason we had them, in custody, was, if they were turned over to the Chinese MP's they would be shot We would hold them for a few days, feed them and let them go.

106 posted on 03/28/2013 12:36:22 AM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)))
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