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Tag: China Burma India Theater

Photo of Honorary Sergeant Lachiman Gurung outside the Houses of Parliament in London.

This Gurkha Lost His Hand and Eye Fighting off More Than 200 Japanese in Burma

by Chuck Lyons2/9/20242/5/2024

Lachhiman Gurung received the Victoria Cross in 1945. “I felt I was going to die anyway,” Gurung recalled, “so I might as well die standing on my feet.”

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In his New Assignment in China, a U.S. General Needed More Tact than Technical Know-How

by John C. McManus10/24/20238/31/2023
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Nepal is the Birthplace of Buddha. It’s Also Home to Some of the World’s Toughest Fighters

by Chuck Lyons10/12/202312/11/2023
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Glamorized by Hollywood, Merrill’s Marauders Faced a Brutal Reality in Burma

by Gavin Mortimer8/21/20238/21/2023
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How an Aspiring Musician Flew the First Helicopter Rescue Mission… in WWII

by Steve Wartenberg2/8/20234/13/2023

Book Review: ‘A War of Empires’ by Robert Lyman

by Richard B. Frank8/5/20228/5/2022

Epitaph for a Hero: The Search for a WWII MIA Pilot

by Robert L. Willett7/8/20215/4/2022

Fire for Effect: Road to Nowhere in Burma

by Robert M. Citino1/16/20191/16/2019

A WWII Pilot’s First Trip Flying the Hump

by By Sidney J. Garic as told to John M. Garic10/26/20186/11/2019

Colonel Robert L. Scott: God’s Pilot

by Barrett Tillman8/24/20184/16/2023

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