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Frist Ledo Road Convoy to Reach Kunming, China

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IPTC Object Name Frist Ledo Road Convoy to Reach Kunming, China
IPTC Created Date 19450205
IPTC City Kunming
IPTC Province State Yunnan
IPTC Country Name China
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IPTC Caption US Army Corps of Engineers General Lewis A. Pick leads 113 vehicles of the first convoy to use the new Ledo (Stillwell) Road to reach Kunming. Leaving Ledo, Assam, India on January 12, 1944, they arrived in Myitkyina, Burma on January 15, where they were held up by Japanese resistance until January 23. Crossing the Chinese border at Wanting, China on January 28, they had traveled 1,079 miles to reach Kunming. A representative of every engineering company that worked on the Ledo Road accompanied the convoy.