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Allied Troops* Courage LONDON, May 22. An Order of the Day from Admiral Mountbatten addressed to General Stilwell states: “By your boldness and your leadership, backed by the courage and endurance of your American and the Chinese troops you have taken tlie enemy completely by surprise and achieved a most outstanding success by seizing Myitkyina airfield. “Tlie crossing of the 6100-foot Nauru Kyket Pass is a feat which will live in military history. Please convey my personal congratulations and thanks to all ranks, including Major-General Lentaigne’s forces (the Chiiulits), which are now under your command and who have been severing the . communications botween myitkyina and the south.”
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Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 202, 24 May 1944, Page 7
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109LEADERSHIP FEAT Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 202, 24 May 1944, Page 7
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