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BeachJohn . Eunice Mrs. Ajorle, IA. D. lt;and L and M and IV and J Bill ai Gaines Mr. a Jewel Wimp and J Ear!.Mr.SundeBril IN' M ABut heDress(Continued from Page One.)in abundance.The idea of the Marauders really began with the late Brigadier Orde Wingate—an unorthodox British officer known as The Beard” because '! his magnificent hirsute adornment. Wingate had made his reputation and gained some unpopularity with stiffer elements of the British army by taking 2,000 British soldiers into Ethiopia and beating 40,000 Italians.IN 19-12, Colonel Beach related, the Jt-ps were in a position to take rhdia •■iiul join up with Germany. The British had nothing much to stop I hem.” recalled the Marauder officer, when this former British nviior andone of the first of the commandos clothwas given four brigades-eimivolent to four of our battalions, and struck out into Burma with some uniqque ideas. Me really raised hell in Burma, The Japs thought the British I S5—it.-had pulled a rabbit out. of a bat and j — a major campaign was on to take the country back. Two of his columns were caught and annihilated, others got out hy air, elephant or by foot, i ’olulfWil2 to Maiseamsacresbath.But the Jap communications were u 1,earil mess and their forces disorganized.” i oulho Wingate and Lord Louis Mountbat-1 lric idea of an American raider force in i etC- ^ ten sold President Ronsov U on the, ^or PBurma at the Quebec conference and the president promised a regiment of jungle fighters.3 5-21-BOo. oJulyMorgM iss er atMi-NewherandIt was decided one battalion would come from Panama, one from the United States and one from the Souht west Pacific. Colonel Beach had served with the ,147th Infantry, Hie first. Army unit to land on Guadalcanal and fight with the Marines lliere. He was selected to train and command the Pacific battalion. All i|!0 Marauders were volunteers.Their Job was to work far out ahead of Chinese divisions, behind the Jap lines in Burma, whim Gener-tl Stilwcil pushed his r-ciil through from India to China. They had the finest equipment to choose from an(i lor food finally settled on s'andard Army rations, carried in 50-pound packs and dropped from (he air. Col. Philip Cochrane supplied the magnificent air support.. You dream It up, we 11 do It, Cochrane used to promise Generals Stilweli and Merrill, Colonel Beach recalled.
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Llano, Texas, US
Thu, Aug 02, 1945
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