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...gear. Now it was time again to pick up the Sixth, which claims to be "the most airborne army in the world." It was a bigger job than ever: at Chikiang the Sixth had been swollen to more than 33,000 men. The Tenth Air Force's 443rd Troop Carrier Group loaded 45 to 50 of the men into each of its C-46s, flew them over central China's great blue lakes to reoccupy Nanking, where Japan's puppets had reigned. It was all done in 22 days. In the same period, the Air Transport Command...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy - OPERATIONS: The Big Lift | 11/12/1945 | See Source »

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