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AIR COMMANDOES BUILD FIELD

AIR COMMANDOES BUILD FIELD, MOVE TROOPS BY AIR TO FIGHT BEHIND JAP LINES IN BURMA. The 1st Air Commando Force, commanded by Col. Philip J. Cochran, USAF. The Commandoes transported the troops of Maj. Gen. Orde Charles Wingate's British command to the field where the ground forces were able to begin operations against the enemy. Troops commanded by Gen. Wingates were landed some 200 miles east of Imphal. Glider tow ropes all sorted and ready to be hooked to gliders and tow planes for the take-off from Lalaghat, India.

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