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This is Burma...
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the toughest battleground in the world...
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where the Japs had sealed off
the Burma road...
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and closed the back door to China.
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A door that had to be reopened.
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After months of secret preparations...
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at Mountbatten's base headquarters
in India...
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a far-reaching,
combined operations was about to begin.
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British General Wingate
conferred with his staff.
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Gen. Stilwell speeded up the training
of his Chinese troops.
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A special group of American Army
Air Force commandos...
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was set up under Col. Bill Cochran.
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And deep in the jungle,
the forward command posts...
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of a force called Merrill's Marauders
got ready to push off.
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Only their top officers
knew where to, or what for.
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One hot afternoon, a reconnaissance
plane from an advance air base...
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near the border of India
scouted the Jap-infested jungle.
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The operation was about to begin.
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Its objective:
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Burma.