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Old 03-12-16, 03:21
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there is a French based group on FB showing images from Life Mag photo Journos....all those images that never made it to print.

Some wonderful images.
here's a few from the latest batch that are relevant to us.
William Vandivert spent time in this case with the Chindits, thankyou WV.
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Ah Wingate's private army . With the hindsight we now have, many historians reckon the Chindits were a reflection of Wingate's giant ego. Wingate would contact Winnie and get anything he wanted. Hundreds of Allied soldiers died of disease in the jungle for what result.

The radios : guessing

British 22 set

BC312 in the box

A Hallicrafters ? set
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This book:

Out of the Blue: A pilot with the Chindits
O'Brien, Terence

The author, an Australian, was Wingate's Air Liason officer - he writes with a scathing tone regarding Wingate's behaviour. I think the book is available as a e book download.
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