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	Ledo Road - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Ledo Road was built during World War II so that the Western Allies could continue to supply the Chinese after the Japanese cut the Burma Road.
		Before the Ledo road reached Shingbwiyang Allied troops, (the majority of whom were American-trained Chinese Divisions of the X Force), had been totally dependent on supplies flown in over the Patkai Mountains.
		As the road was built, two 10 cm (4 inch) fuel pipe lines were laid side by side so that fuel could be piped instead of trucked along the road.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ledo_Road (1673 words)

	STILWELL ROAD - Story of the Ledo Lifeline - China-Burma-India Theater of World War II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The largest populated center on the road west of the Salween River, it served as principal Jap supply outlet in the Salween country and was captured by the Chinese in November, 1944, after a six-month's battle.
		Crossing the road between Ledo and Shingbwiyang are traces of the famous Refugee Trail, scene of untold suffering and sacrifice on the part of the Burmese, Indians and British who, fleeing from the Jap hordes during the dread monsoon of 1942, picked their way through the jungles toward safety in Assam.
		Descending steep portions of the road, the tanks were lashed by cable to bulldozers which dug their blades into the surface of the road to act as brakes.
	cbi-theater-2.home.comcast.net /lifeline/Ledo_Lifeline.html (9012 words)

	Burma Road - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The road was closed April, 1942 to January, 1945.
		When the Japanese overran sections of the Burma Road the Allies flew supplies over the Hump and built the Ledo Road, also known as the Stillwell Road.
		During the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, Mickey Marcus built a make-shift road to Jerusalem that was called the "Burma Road" after its strategic predecessor.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Burma_Road (222 words)

	Definition of Ledo Road
		Before the Ledo road reached Shingbwiyang Allied troops, (the majority of whom were American trained Chinese Divisions), had been totally dependent on supplies flown in over the Patkai Mountains.
		As the road was built, two 10 Cm (4-inch) fuel pipe lines were laid side by side so that fule could be piped instead of trucked along the road.
		In late 1944, barely two years after Stilwell accepted responsibility for building the Ledo Road, it connect to the Burma Road though some sections of the road beyond Myitkyina at Hukawng Valley were under repairing due to heavy monsoon water, and it become a highway stretching from Assam, India to Kunming, China 1,079 miles length.
	www.wordiq.com /definition/Ledo_Road (1701 words)

	Warren Weidenburner CHINA-BURMA-INDIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Ledo, Assam, India where Dad served was headquarters for northern Burma operations and the Ledo Road.
		Ledo was chosen because it was close to the northern terminus of the railroad from Calcutta, and was at the northern end of a caravan route out of Burma.
		Ledo, a tiny railroad town surrounded by the virgin jungle on the fringe of the tea plantations in the Assam region of northeast India would be home for the forseeable future.
	warren421.home.comcast.net /history.html (3180 words)

	Aviation Engineer Battalions in WWII (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		So great was the importance of establishing a land route to China, that the United States assigned 15,000 American troops to constructing the Ledo Road, which ran 271 miles from Ledo onthe India Burma border to a junction on the old Burma Road.
		The first section of the Ledo Road followed a steep, narrow trail through unsurveyed territory from Ledo, across the Patkai Mountains, and down to Shingbwiyang, Burma.
		Tasked with another white unit to maintain the road from the Salween River to Kunming, the 858th remained in China until V-J Day, and it held the distinction of being the only fl battalion sent to China.
	www.wpafb.af.mil /museum/history/wwii/aeb6.htm (429 words)

	Encyclopedia: Ledo Road (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Ledo-Road (2849 words)

	Ledo Road (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Before the war the British had prospected the Patkai Mountains for a Road from Assam into north Burma and British engineers, had surveyed the route for a Road for the first eighty miles.
		It was built under the direction of General Stilwell from the railhead at Ledo (Assam, now in Arunachal Pradesh, India) to Bhamo on the Burma Road so that supplies could reach the railhead at Mogaung.
		Instead, it was the start of the Road to China, the Road that, if it were ever built, would replace the one from Rangoon, so effectively closed in early 1942.'' :''Many people at this time, Americans no less than British, doubted if the Ledo Road could be built.
	ledo-road.area51.ipupdater.com (1619 words)

	Stilwell Road (Ledo Road)
		The Ledo road (Stilwell's Road) was constructed under his direct supervision during the war.
		In the course of time, the Stilwell Road had virtually disappeared due to the road lies in the lands of three different nations that are China, Burma and India and due to non maintenance by the respective nations.
		The section of road which lies within Arunachal Pradesh has been maintained by the Government of Arunachal Pradesh and the road section which lies within the area of Assam out of 14 km is in deplorable condition due to non maintenance by Government of Assam and vehicular are facing lot of difficulties.
	www.changlang.nic.in /stilwell.html (947 words)

	A war-time engineering miracle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		It was a single-lane road used as a supply route for Chinese forces striking at the invading Japanese forces.
		From now on, we are forgetting this defeatist attitude; the Ledo Road is going to be built mud, rain and malaria be damned!" Ledo Shingbwiyang: one year to build 100 miles Round-the-clock schedules were drawn-up.
		Chiang Kai-shek named the road that included the Ledo Road and the Burma Road ‘Stilwell Road’ in honour of his former chief of staff during a ceremony on January 28, 1945.
	www.myanmar.gov.mm /myanmartimes/no99/myanmartimes5-99/Timeouts/2.htm (1499 words)

	Ledo Road Opens
		The successful operation of the Ledo Road means that all of Burma will be rendered useless to the Japs," includes scenes of Pigs Point on the Burma Road opened, 1st convoy goes into Myitkyina.
		Merrill chose Ledo because it was near the terminus of the rail line from Calcutta and was at the northern end of a caravan route out of Burma.
		Christmas 1944, the third on the road for the engineers, was a busy time with the Chinese and American forces pushing the attack to link up with the Chinese from Yunnan and the engineers following close behind, upgrading the final stretches of the road.
	history.sandiego.edu /gen/WW2Timeline/qt/ledo.html (887 words)

	The famous StilWell Road
		According to the plan and approved by the General Headquarters, the road was to be taken along the Diyun river to Chukan Pass and then to Mogaung, The Diyun is the upper course of the Buri-Dihing and NoaDihing rivers.
		Though the road was originally named Ledo Road, it was later dedicated to the memory of General Stilwell for his dedicated service to be remembered for ever.
		After the war the road was continued to be maintained by the Political Officer and then by the CPWD, NEFA from zero mile to the border and kept open for civilian purpose including tourists with a Central Excise and Land customs Post at Nampong.
	tinsukia.nic.in /subpages/stilwell.html (978 words)

	Stillwell's Road
		The water covered the road, and some surveyors considered this to be proof of their perspicacity when they had said of the Ledo Road project: " It is impossible." On the other hand, Stilwell's favourite file contained an estimate, which stated that the job could be done with 200 men and three bulldozers.
		The Ledo Road begins at the village of that name, which is one of the railheads of the Bengal Assam railway in the valley of the Upper Brahmaputra.
		The maker of the Road was the imperturbable, silver-haired Virginian, Major General Lewis A. Pick, who designed the Missouri dam to irrigate a million acres.
	www.chindit.net /stillwell.html (4286 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Ledo Road, with American engineers and a work force of 30,000 Indians, Burmese and Chinese, struggled on despite a heavy death toll which earned it the grim sobriquet of the ‘Man a mile’ road.
		The historic 1,726-km road, built by Allied and Chinese troops under the command of General Joseph Stilwell, was used to transport the first supplies to the beleaguered Chinese Army in 1945 when Japanese troops invaded China.
		Though the road was originally named Ledo Road, it was later renamed the Stilwell Road after General Joseph Stilwell, who commanded the US forces in the China-Burma-India theatre in World War II.
	www.outlooktraveller.com /aspscripts/travelogue.asp?dest=stilwell (1975 words)

	Burma Road
		The Ledo Road (later called the Stilwell Road) from Ledo, India, into Myanmar was begun in Dec., 1942.
		In 1944 the Ledo Road reached Myitkyina and was joined to the Burma Road.
		Both roads have lost their former importance and are in a state of disrepair.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0809526.html (222 words)

	The place of interests
		The hidden cemetery covered with thick jungles midst of the bank of Namchik River and on the Stilwell Road (Ledo Road), 6 km from Jairampur town, 39 km from Ledo and 24 Km before reaching Pangsau Pass (Hell Pass), India - Burma (Myanmar) border.
		Perhaps, this cemetery might have constructed during the construction of the Stilwell Road (Ledo Road) from Ledo, India to Kunming, China via Burma connecting the Burma Road beyond Bhamo by allied forces starting from December 1942 to May 1945 in China-Burma-India (CBI) theatre of military operation against the Japanese forces in North Burma.
		During the construction of road and fighting against the Japanese forces, numbers of allied soldiers were reported to have died due to malaria, dysentery, land slides, enemy fires and other causes.
	changlang.nic.in /interest.html (2055 words)

	Road Builders
		Along with construction troops, the road and the Advance Section administering it acquired troops to support combat forces as well as to maintain troops constructing the highway and the airfields and pipelines adjacent to it.
		In their work on the Stilwell (Ledo) Road and on supporting and operating missions in the Advance Section of the India-Burma Theater Negro units were as fully employed as anywhere in World War II.
		The Stilwell Road itself was sufficient incentive to cause many of the Negro troops and units to exert themselves as fully as possible.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/topics/afam/rb.htm (4095 words)

	DefenseLINK News: Black WWII Vet Recalls Terrible Time Building 'Ledo Road' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The miracle was called "Ledo Road," later renamed "Stilwell Road" in honor of Army Gen.
		The road ran 271 miles from Ledo on the India—Burma border to a junction on the old Burma Road.
		As rough as he had it building the road, he was able to laugh heartily as he recalled his first pass in India.
	www.defenselink.mil /news/Jul2004/n07072004_2004070706.html (1982 words)

	Burma Road
		Burma Road, in China and Myanmar, extending from the Myanmarese railhead of Lashio to Kunming, Yunnan prov., China.
		Ledo Road - Ledo Road: see Burma Road.
		Blood, sweat, and toil along the Burma road: carved through mountains and malarial jungles at a frightful human cost, the infamous World War II Allied supply line that linked India to China now conveys gold, teak, opium, and the promise of a troubled nation's future.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0809526.html (358 words)

	Repair squad accomplished 'impossible task' on Burma road (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Ledo Road was a quagmire during the monsoon season, and it was 250 miles from Ledo to the objective of Myitkyina.
		The troops cut trees and laid the logs across the road so that their vehicles could gain some traction and traverse the mud, which often was knee-deep.
		The Ledo Road was later renamed the Stilwell Road in honor of Gen. Stilwell, at the suggestion of Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek.
	www.azcentral.com /rsslinks/94978 (580 words)

	Ledo Road + Burma Road = Stilwell Road (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Ledo Road - During World War II, Japan invaded and occupied Burma in early 1942, blocking the Burma Road supply line.
		The Ledo Road was completed by U.S. Army Engineers in early 1945.
		The Ledo Road and the upgraded portion of the Burma Road from Mongyu to Kunming were later named Stilwell Road in honor of American General Joseph W. Stilwell, Commander of the China-Burma-India Theater and Chief of Staff to Chinese Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek.
	ledoroad.home.comcast.net /Ledo_Intro.html (307 words)

	.:Nonsensical Blog by Monk:.: 09/26/2004 - 10/02/2004
		Other troops nicknamed it the "man a mile road," for the regularity with which the roadbuilders died by sniper fire or malaria or mortar explosion or accident.
		But while the Burma Road is still there, it exists only as sweat-scented memories for most of the men who built it and fought for it, and while the name clings exotically to history, the route seems lost to time.
		The road is still here, the mountain is still here, and because of the blood spilled over both, the Chinese children of Dayakou are safe to rehearse a clanging, ebullient, dust-raising parade beneath the warm sun.
	nbxmonk.blogspot.com /2004_09_26_nbxmonk_archive.html (6009 words)

	Burma Road @ National Geographic Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		They'd prefer to think that the road they hacked across India's steep Patkai Range and down through the jungles of Burma to China during World War II is gone.
		Here in Arunachal's jungle, the road crests a 3,727-foot (1,135-meter) mountain notch called Pangsau Pass, which constitutes India's hotly defended border with Myanmar, the nation formerly known as Burma.
		This is how my journey along the Burma Road begins: with recollections of old soldiers and a warning backed by machine guns as I get close to India's touchy frontier.
	magma.nationalgeographic.com /ngm/0311/feature5 (1099 words)

	World War II, African Americans and the Ledo / Stilwell Road (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		There were Black road builders, and trucking companies; at least, two Black station hospitals filled with Black nurses, Black doctors, Black dentists, lab techs etc.; and thousands more Black folks serving in various capacities.
		Again, the Road would be built from Ledo, Assam, India to Kunming, China, meeting the old Burma Road at Wanting.
		Most of the Road through China had to be rebuilt to withstand the weight of the supply trucks.
	www.ledoroad.com (339 words)

	Poem about the Ledo Road -- CBI & Combat Cargo Groups
		I was in the fourteenth Combat Cargo Squadron during W W 2, and the tent I shared with three others was only about 100 yards off of the Ledo Road.
		My Vice President sent me a lot of information about the building of the Ledo Road and it might be helpful for you to try at your Library and see if they have any books about the building of that Road.
		The War effort for this road cost over eleven hundred lives and was later declared a complete folly as it never lived up to the expectations of the planners.
	www.voy.com /105285/99.html (522 words)

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