Nice. Lucky for now, got hold of a few pictures of the cemetery in early 2007 and two pictures of the old road - now and then. Courtesy: Chao, Assam. How busy was the old road then - some stuff
from the vault.
Seems likely that the road from India to China is being pushed ahead. Most of it is still the jungle overgrown Stilwell Road. And I am keen on doing a complete trip of the trail before the old road may or may not be pushed into oblivion by the new. And maybe along with its rich history too and a tremendous tale of the human spirit. Paradoxical!
Here's a wartime documentary narrated by Ronald Reagan.
Currently the Northeast corner of India, including the state of Assam is locked out from all sides of the borders and is pretty
much in the same state of affairs
as in WWII years!! This is
recent news about discovery of
WWII airplane crash sites in Northeast India from the old CBI theatre. And here is
another great battle that was
fought in the
same theatre.
And talking about secrets, some of the first
special forces were operational in this theatre inspiring a classic
Hollywood flick. And it certainly startled me to know that the CIA took off (operationally) in a
tiny town in Assam out of all places...but that is
another WWII story!!!