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Show Burma Road Remains Important Military Object limniiniunniwiiiriimuw.il ns.ny, 'mniii'nm"w ,miwwwp wjm tn if f'i "T jpflTT'1'1'"'''''"'!! w" f MF'X fc : ' f ill X 4 KCv mIxii vfc.3-1 ,- : id kd j This section of the Burma rosd In China was taken by a signal corps photographer. The China-Burma-India theater of war contains 21 switchbacks as shown in this photograph. Even before America entered the i war, engineers from American military and civil life were cooperating; with the Chinese In the Improvement and development of this highway system. The road Is essential to China. It serves as the only line of com- I munication, outside of air, that serves a vast portion of the country. The road has been under air bonibard- i ment almost continually since the start of the Chinese-Japanese war. |