Word: ledo
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
When the road is done; it will link the Calcutta railhead of Ledo in India with China. Only then will Lieut. General Joseph W. Stilwell and his Chinese allies coming from Yunnan have made their objective. The road will also complete a backbreaking, distasteful job for dambuilder Brigadier General Lewis A. Pick-now a highway builder and the boss of Pick's Pike...
Capture of the Japanese base of Myitkyina would be the first step toward the climax of a daring, unorthodox military operation. Next step was to complete the all-weather Ledo supply road from India to China. It might not be done for several months, for at week's end the monsoon had begun. But for the first time it looked like more than a gleam in the eye of stubborn, brilliant Lieut. General Joseph W. Stilwell...
...Arcs. Four months ago "Vinegar Joe" started out from Ledo in India on the first lap of the campaign that few thought would succeed. He had about two divisions of American-trained Chinese and a group of American and Chinese guerrilla fighters led by Brigadier General Frank Merrill. As Stilwell fought his way southeast through rugged country and equally rugged Japanese, engineers followed close behind, building a macadam highway...
...Japanese rush into Manipur, India's easternmost state, had apparently reached its peak, was receding before British attack. In North Burma General Joseph W. Stilwell's columns pushed slowly along the Ledo Road toward China. Airborne British and Indian Raiders, recently reinforced, roamed through the Japanese rear, slashing and wrecking...
...Lieut. General Joseph Stilwell's announced aim was to recapture North Burma. His real reason for the objective was to obtain more supplies for Chennault and the Chinese. If he could succeed, the tiny trickle from the railway-Hump route could be roundly increased by trucks over the Ledo road...