About Stan Ellis (infamous
Ellis Garage Door Company located in Philadelphia)
In June 1944 was part of a 4 man team
camping on a mountain top near Kunming, China. We were but a link in the radio
network linking China to Burma.
Burma Campaign http://tinyurl.com/5fsls6
Dispositions of Forces
http://changlang.nic.in/stilwell.html
| The historic Stilwell's Road, which
was constructed by the Americans during the Second World War from
Ledo in Assam, India, which is one of the rail-heads of the Bengal-Assam
railway in the valley of the Upper Brahmaputra during that time
to Burma Road connecting to Kunming, China passes through Lekhapani,
Jairampur, Nampong and Pangsau pass, India-Burma (Myanmar)
border. It winds up the passes of 9000 feet Patkai Range and emerges
at Shindbwiyang and then Myitkyina. It crosses the broad bowl of
the Upper Chindwin, threads the Hukawng and Mogaung valleys, and |
General
Joseph W. Stilwell |
Click
on the Map to 'Zoom in'
World
War II map of Stilwell Road,
China-Burma-India front |
goes down to Bhamo and to the Burma road which connects Kunming,
Yunnan province, China. |