A WWII Ghost American Road might come alive again
I come out of Assam in North East India born much, much later than the years of WWII. I remember my father speak of when he was a teenager of seeing the unending convoys of the American Army back in 1942-45 moving up the sleepy valley of the Brahmaputra river which flows here. Well Assam was sleepy then; it is sleepy now so these stories remained in the back of my mind. Untill recently, when there was talk of opening up an old WWII road from India to China via Burma to open up trade between these growing countries.
Then a few years ago a cemetery was discovered in deep jungle in the Ledo Area of Assam with about a 1000 graves. Most of these are reported to be of Chinese soldiers fighting under Gen Joseph W. Stilwell(Vinegar Joe) and also of Americans who built the Stilwell Road to China. The road has since disappeared after being abandoned after the war. There was a massive American Dump here for supplying China in 1942-45. There is also a "Stilwell memorial Park" near Ledo.
Am attaching a picture of WWII ammo unearthed in the area. Pix credit: Arif Siddique.
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