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Kachin

A Kachin fighter in a tree in northern Burma. Photo from Jim Fletcher.
GIs use a Kachin Baptist church at Bhamo during WWII in the CBI.
At a captured Japanese airstrip in Burma, a crashed 10th Air Force P-38, in June 1945. After a close support mission (napalm) for OSS Det 101 Kachin Ranger squadrons. Photo from Thomas B. Leonard.
Kachin logger in forest, and "Kachin department store". During WWII. Photo by US Army Signal Corp.
GIs pose with Kachin fighters (some riding elephants) in Burma during WWII.
The Kachin chief of a Burmese village. During WWII.
Oscar Chapman, and John Turner pose with a Kachin man at Jorhat, India, during WWII.
A worker has chopped elephant grand and bamboo, then carries the huge load through a stream to build bashas (huts) for allies, Kachin Rangers. Photo from Jim Fletcher.
A Kachin head man in north Burma during WWII. Photo by A. L. Schwartz.