Northern Combat Area Command (Photos)
Document Source: War Department Special Staff - Historical Division
History Photographs of the Northern Combat Area Command V-1
SC-188631: Indian band entertaining American soldiers during a rest stop at Ranaghat, Nadia District in the state of West Bengal, India
SC-183532 (Feb 2...
OSS Platoon (P) Night Recon Arakan Coast Burma
Provisional OSS Platoon in a Night Recon, Arakan Coast, Burma, Oct 1944 - Apr 1945, India - Burma Campaign, by Capt Martin J. Waters.
This archive covers the operations of a provisional OSS Platoon, in a series of night landings...
The Ledo (Stilwell) Road
On Dec 1, 1942, Gen Sir Archibald Wavell (UK), the supreme commander of the Far Eastern Theater, agreed with Gen Joseph Stilwell (US) to make the Ledo Road an American Northern Combat Area Command operation (NCAC). This road was...
5332 (P) LRPG Central Burma – Jan 29 / Jul 15 1945
At the beginning of 1945, less than eight months remained before the final surrender of Japan. Those eight months, however, were to see some of the bitterest fightings of the war. Although the final outcome was no longer in...
5307-Galahad – Burma – April-May 1944
Operations of the 5307th (Composite) Regiment (Provisional), Merrill’s Marauders, (Codenamed - Galahad), in Northern Burma during the period of April to May 1944, (LRPG) Long Range Penetration Mission. Personal Experience of the Counter Intelligence Corps Officer.
Maj Farris Hardin
This archive...
124-CAV (2-Sq) Knight’s Hill Burma 1945
China - Burma - India
Operation of the 2nd Squadron, 124th Cavalry Regiment (Special) during the Battle of Knight's Hill in Burma, Jan 29 to Feb 2, 1945, Central Burma Campaign. Personal Experience of a Squadron Commander
Maj George B. Jordan
This...
124-CAV (Able) Nampakkha 1945
China-Burma-India
Operation of Troop A, 124th Cavalry Regiment, Mars Task Force, in the Battle of Nam-Pak-Kha, Jan 28, 1945, to Feb 2, 1945, Central Burma Campaign, Personal Experience of a Troop Commanding Officer.
Maj William A. Locke
Late in Feb 1944 the...
5307 Galahad – CBI – Feb/ May 1944
In the thick of battle, the soldier is busy doing his job. He has the knowledge and confidence that his Job is part of a unified plan to defeat the enemy, but he does not have time to survey...
5307 – Combined Ops Burma 1944
During the Second World War, the United States fought as a member of the largest military coalition ever formed. Across the world, millions of American soldiers, sailors, and airmen joined with the fighting forces of other nations to defeat...
5307 Galahad – Walawbum March 1944
Operations of the 5307th Composite Unit, Provisional, (Merrill's Marauders) in Walawbum, Burma, Mar 2, to Mar 7, 1944, China - Burma - India Campaign, Maj John K. Eney
Orientation & Introduction
This monograph covers the operations of the 5307th Composite Unit...