Common Man, Uncommon Leadership: Colonel Charles N. Hunter with Galahad in Burma

Abstract

In the spring of 1944 in northwest Burma, two opposing armies gathered their energies for an epic battle contesting control of South Asia. There, in a mysterious theater little known to Americans, a mixed British-Indian and Chinese-American force fought one of the largest land battles of World War II against the Japanese. In the course of this memorable battle, a great story took from and was played out beyond the front lines in the depths of the deadly Burmese jungle. At the center of this story was a remarkable unit, the 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), codenamed Galahad, popularly known in history as Merrill's Marauders.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA521553

Entities

People

  • Scott S. Mcmichael

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Information Operations
  • International Organizations
  • Leadership
  • Second World War
  • South Asia
  • War
  • War Colleges

Readers

  • Asian Economic Studies
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.