Mars Task Force

Lt. Col. Wilbur W. Hiehle, Medical Corps, who commanded Mars Task Force medical personnel for a time, in the cockpit of an L-5 over Burma or China, during WWII. Hiehle was a graduate of George Washington University. He entered military service in 1929. 2nd Lt. Hiehle was assigned 306th Cavalry in 1934. Hiehle, then a First Lieut. was assigned to...

Soldiers of the Mars Task Force (124th Calvary Regiment ) marching in Burma on Christmas Day during WWII.

A truck of a Mars Task Force convoy crashed near Burma. Photo from Henry Strong.

Mars Task Force 124th Cavalry Regiment enjoying supply boxes. For food Christmas in 1944! In Burma during WWII.

For men of Mars Task Force (124th Cavalry) stand before alter and large cross in Christmas, 1944, at Naylon, Burma, six miles from China.

The L-1 Vigilant named "Sick Call" evacuating wounded Chinese and Indian troops. South of the Sweli River, 124th Calvary, Mars Task Force. 1944-45. In the CBI during WWII.

GIs and heavily loaded mule train of the Mars Task Force wending through the hills in the CBI. U. S. Army Signal Corps photo.

Mars Task Force, 124th Cavalry Regiment, marching in Burma on Christmas Day, 1944. In the CBI during WWII. Photo from Dwight Burkam.

Mars Task Force mortar crew blasts Japanese near Lashio during WWII. US Army Photo.

The Stinson L-1 Vigilant named "Sick Call" evacuating wounded Chinese and Indian troops. South of the Shweli River, 124th Cavalry, Mars Task Force. Photo from Dwight Burkam.