CHINESE AND INDIAN TROOPS MEET IN BURMA. BOTH TYPES IN THIS PICTURE ARE RENOWNED FOR THEIR VALOUR ...

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Accession Number 012330
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Unknown British Official Photographer
Place made Burma
Date made 20 May 1942
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

CHINESE AND INDIAN TROOPS MEET IN BURMA. BOTH TYPES IN THIS PICTURE ARE RENOWNED FOR THEIR VALOUR -- A STOCKY SON OF THE CHINA HILLS AND A YOUNG SOLDIER OF THE PUNJAB HILLS. THEY ARE FIGHTING SIDE BY SIDE IN BURMA. PHOTO TAKEN AT A RAILWAY STATION WHILE WAITING FOR THE TRAIN THAT WILL TAKE THEM TO THE FRONT. (NEGATIVE BY B.M.I.).