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Objective, Burma! | (1945) |
| 00:01:23 This is Burma... |
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| 00:01:25 the toughest battleground in the world... |
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| 00:01:27 where the Japs had sealed off the Burma road... |
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| 00:01:30 and closed the back door to China. |
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| 00:01:32 A door that had to be reopened. |
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| 00:01:35 After months of secret preparations... |
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| 00:01:37 at Mountbatten's base headquarters in India... |
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| 00:01:39 a far-reaching, combined operations was about to begin. |
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| 00:01:45 British General Wingate conferred with his staff. |
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| 00:01:49 Gen. Stilwell speeded up the training of his Chinese troops. |
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| 00:01:54 A special group of American Army Air Force commandos... |
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| 00:01:57 was set up under Col. Bill Cochran. |
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| 00:02:00 And deep in the jungle, the forward command posts... |
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| 00:02:03 of a force called Merrill's Marauders got ready to push off. |
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| 00:02:07 Only their top officers knew where to, or what for. |
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| 00:02:13 One hot afternoon, a reconnaissance plane from an advance air base... |
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| 00:02:16 near the border of India scouted the Jap-infested jungle. |
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| 00:02:20 The operation was about to begin. |
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| 00:02:22 Its objective: |
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| 00:02:23 Burma. |
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| 00:03:54 Major, photographs for the general. |
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| 00:03:56 Wait here. |
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| 00:03:59 General, the photographs of the Red Robin operation have come in. |
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| 00:04:02 Good! |
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| 00:04:04 Good work. Fine. |
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| 00:04:11 Lad, it's been a long time. |
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| 00:04:13 But here's where we start paying back the Japs. |
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| 00:04:16 Your parachuters will get the first crack. |
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| 00:04:18 That's okay with us. |
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| 00:04:21 - Rush these to Col. Carter. - Yes, sir. |
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